Family: Apiaceae
Group: Dicot
Perennation:
Annual
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Not Native, Naturalized
Native Range:
Apparently native to South America; now a worldwide weed.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported in 1920 by Britton & Millspaugh for disturbed areas on New Providence at Grant’s Town. Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 1069-1070, with illustrations) for sandy-gravely soils and disturbed areas in the northwestern Commonwealth (regions 10, 8).
Synonyms:
Apium leptophyllum, Helosciadium ammi.
