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Carrot / Parsley Family
16 species
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae or Umbelliferae (Carrot or Parsley family)
Genus: Daucus
Species: Carota
Biennial - also known as Wild Carrot - ancestor to garden
carrot - native to Europe
carrot - native to Europe
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Class: Magnoliopsida
Updated January 1 2016
More Queen Anne's Lace
Order: Apiales
Genus: Pastinaca
Species: Sativa
Biennial - native to Eurasia
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Class: Magnoliopsida
Updated May 10 2019
More Wild Parsnip
Family: Apiaceae or Umbelliferae (Carrot or Parsley family)
Order: Apiales
Genus: Heracleum
Species: Lanatum
Perennial - also known as Woolly Cow Parsnip - species
also known as "maximum" - native to North America
also known as "maximum" - native to North America
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Class: Magnoliopsida
Updated April 9 2017
More Cow Parsnip
Family: Apiaceae or Umbelliferae (Carrot or Parsley family)
Order: Apiales
Genus: Angelica
Species: Atropurpurea
Perennial - native to eastern North America
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Class: Magnoliopsida
Updated May 10 2019
More Purple-stemmed Angelica
Family: Apiaceae or Umbelliferae (Carrot or Parsley family)
Order: Apiales
Genus: Conium
Species: Maculatum (spotted)
Biennial - also known as Snakeweed - all parts of plant are
poisonous - not related to Hemlock trees - native to Europe
poisonous - not related to Hemlock trees - native to Europe
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Class: Magnoliopsida
Updated July 30 2010
More Poison Hemlock
Family: Apiaceae or Umbelliferae (Carrot or Parsley family)
Order: Apiales
Genus: Cicuta
Species: Maculata (spotted)
Perrenial - also known as Spotted Cowbane - all parts of
plant are poisonous - native to North America
plant are poisonous - native to North America
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Class: Magnoliopsida
Updated December 8 2014
More Spotted Water Hemlock
Family: Apiaceae or Umbelliferae (Carrot or Parsley family)
Order: Apiales
Genus: Torilis
Species: Japonica
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Class: Magnoliopsida
Updated August 16 2013
More Japanese Hedge Parsley
Family: Apiaceae or Umbelliferae (Carrot or Parsley family)
Order: Apiales
Genus: Eryngium
Species: Yuccifolium
Perrenial - also known as Button Eryngo - similar to Blue
Eryngo or Sea Holly (E. planum) - native to eastern North
America
Eryngo or Sea Holly (E. planum) - native to eastern North
America
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Class: Magnoliopsida
Updated July 20 2010
More Rattlesnake Master
Family: Apiaceae or Umbelliferae (Carrot or Parsley family)
Order: Apiales
Genus: Cryptotaenia
Species: Canadensis
Perennial - also known as Umbelweed, Wild Chervil - native
to eastern North America
to eastern North America
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Class: Magnoliopsida
Updated January 21 2014
More Honewort
Family: Apiaceae or Umbelliferae (Carrot or Parsley family)
Order: Apiales
Genus: Sanicula
Species: Gregaria (also Odorata)
Perrenial - also known as Clustered Black Snakeroot,
Gregarious Snakeroot - similar to S. marilandica (see
below) - native to eastern North America
Gregarious Snakeroot - similar to S. marilandica (see
below) - native to eastern North America
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Class: Magnoliopsida
Updated June 25 2011
More Clustered Snakeroot
Family: Apiaceae or Umbelliferae (Carrot or Parsley family)
Order: Apiales
Genus: Aegopodium
Species: Podagraria
Perrenial - also known as Bishop's Weed, Ground Elder,
Snow-on-the-mountain - native to Eurasia
Snow-on-the-mountain - native to Eurasia
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Class: Magnoliopsida
Updated February 6 2014
More Goutweed
Family: Apiaceae or Umbelliferae (Carrot or Parsley family)
Order: Apiales
Genus: Sanicula
Species: Marilandica
Perrenial - also known as Black Snakeroot - usually 5
leaflets, the outer two being deeply lobed - native to North
America
leaflets, the outer two being deeply lobed - native to North
America
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Class: Magnoliopsida
Updated June 8 2013
More Maryland Sanicle
Family: Apiaceae or Umbelliferae (Carrot or Parsley family)
Order: Apiales
Genus: Osmorhiza
Species: Claytonii
Perrenial - also known as Clayton's Sweetroot - similar to
O. longistylis (Aniseroot or Liquorice Root) which has
longer styles - native to eastern North America
O. longistylis (Aniseroot or Liquorice Root) which has
longer styles - native to eastern North America
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Class: Magnoliopsida
Updated June 8 2013
More Sweet Cicely
Family: Apiaceae or Umbelliferae (Carrot or Parsley family)
Annual - also known as Erect Hedge Parsley - Spreading
(or Common) Hedge Parsley (T. arvenis) is very similar but
it has one or no bracts at the base of each umbel while T.
japonicus has two or more - native to Eurasia and North
Africa
(or Common) Hedge Parsley (T. arvenis) is very similar but
it has one or no bracts at the base of each umbel while T.
japonicus has two or more - native to Eurasia and North
Africa
Order: Apiales
Genus: Taenidia
Species: Integerrima
Perrenial - native to eastern North America
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Class: Magnoliopsida
Updated September 29 2015
More Yellow Pimpernel
Family: Apiaceae or Umbelliferae (Carrot or Parsley family)
Wild Parsnip with Cow Vetch - compound umbel 10 to 20 cm - leaflet 5 to 10 cm - height to 1.5 m - Claireville Conservation Area - July 2010
Poison Hemlock - compound umbel 10 to 15 cm - leaves to 50 cm - height to 2.5 m - Lower Don Valley (Leaside) - June 2010
Japanese Hedge Parsley - flower approx. 3 mm - compound umbel to 6 cm - leaves to 12 cm - height to 1.2 m - High Park - July 2011
Rattlesnake Master - flower head approx. 2 cm - leaves to 6 cm - height to 1.5 m - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - July 2010
Honewort - flower approx. 3 mm - compound umbel to 6 cm - leaflets 4 to 15 cm - height to 80 cm - West Don Valley (Sunnybrook Park) - May 2012
Clustered Snakeroot - umbelet approx. 1.5 cm - leaflets approx. 15 cm - height to 90 cm - West Don Valley (Wilket Creek Park) - June 2011
Goutweed - flower approx. 3 mm - compound umbel to 10 cm - leaflets to 8 cm - height to 1 m - Lower Don Valley (Leaside) - June 2010
Maryland Sanicle - flower approx. 3 mm - flower head to 2.5 cm - leaves to 12 cm - height to 1.2 m - Lower Don Valley (Todmorden Mills) - May 2013
Sweet Cicely - flower approx. 3 mm - leaves to 10 cm - height to 90 cm - Lower Don Valley (Todmorden Mills) - May 2013
Yellow Pimpernel - flower approx. 3 mm - compound umbel to 15 cm - leaflet approx. 2.5 cm - height to 90 cm - Humber Valley (King's Mill Park) - May 2013
Spotted Water Hemlock - flower approx. 3 mm - compound umbel 3 to 10 cm - leaflet to 20 cm - height to 2.2 m - West Don Valley (Sunnybrook Park) - July 2014
Purple-stemmed Angelica - compound umbel 10 to 20 cm - leaves 10 to 30 cm - height to 2 m - Rouge Park (Glenrouge Campground) - July 2014
Order: Apiales
Genus: Hydrocotyle
Species: Ranunculoides
Perrenial - also known as Floating Pennywort, Floating
Marsh Pennywort - similar to Manyflower Marsh Pennywort
(H. umbellata) - native to South America and southern North
America
Marsh Pennywort - similar to Manyflower Marsh Pennywort
(H. umbellata) - native to South America and southern North
America
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Class: Magnoliopsida
Family: Apiaceae or Umbelliferae (Carrot or Parsley family)
Water Pennywort - flower approx. 3 mm - umbel to 1.5 cm - leaf to 7.5 cm - height to 30 cm - Uxbridge - July 2015
Queen Anne's Lace - compound umbel 6 to 15 cm - leaves 5 to 40 cm - height to 1.6 m - Thorncliffe Park (Walmsley Brook) - August 2015
Order: Apiales
Genus: Heracleum
Species: Mantegazzianum
Biennial / Perennial - similar to Cow Parsnip, Angelica and
others but is much larger - do not touch - toxic chemicals
cause sunburn like rash when skin is exposed to light -
plants are removed when found - native to Eurasia
others but is much larger - do not touch - toxic chemicals
cause sunburn like rash when skin is exposed to light -
plants are removed when found - native to Eurasia
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Class: Magnoliopsida
Updated March 17 2017
More Giant Hogweed
Family: Apiaceae or Umbelliferae (Carrot or Parsley family)
Giant Hogweed - flower 10 to 15 mm - compound umbel to 80 cm - leaves 1 to 1.5 m - height 2 to 5 m - West Oak Trails (Oakville) - June 2016
Cow Parsnip - flower 10 to 15 mm - compound umbel 10 to 30 cm - leaflet 10 to 40 cm - height to 2.5 m - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - June 2011