Annual herb to about 50 cm tall with furrowed stems. Leaves 2-3-pinnate. Flower clusters with 2-6 rays, bracts usually absent, the flower stalks with a ring of hairs at the tip; spring. Fruit with a beak.

Europe to W Asia

Source: Spencer, R. (2002). Apiaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 4. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 3. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.