Field Hedge-parsley, Spreading Hedge Parsley, Spreading Hedge-parsley
Torilis arvensis
Synonyms: Torilis arvensis ssp. arvensis, Torilis arvensis ssp. purpurea, Torilis purpurea
![Inflorescence of Field Hedge-parsley, Spreading Hedge Parsley, Spreading Hedge-parsley: Torilis arvensis (Synonyms: Torilis arvensis ssp. arvensis, Torilis arvensis ssp. purpurea, Torilis purpurea)](arvensis/arvensis1a.jpg)
Close-up of the inflorescence of field hedge-parsley as seen in disturbed soils along the Old Highway at Catherine Creek, Columbia River Gorge..........June 3, 2009.
![Inflorescence of Field Hedge-parsley, Spreading Hedge Parsley, Spreading Hedge-parsley: Torilis arvensis (Synonyms: Torilis arvensis ssp. arvensis, Torilis arvensis ssp. purpurea, Torilis purpurea)](arvensis/arvensis1b.jpg)
Note the appressed hairs on the bracts of the involucels as well as the ascending bristles on the ovaries.
![Field Hedge-parsley, Spreading Hedge Parsley, Spreading Hedge-parsley: Torilis arvensis (Synonyms: Torilis arvensis ssp. arvensis, Torilis arvensis ssp. purpurea, Torilis purpurea)](arvensis/arvensis1c.jpg)
Field hedge-parsley as seen in disturbed soils along the Old Highway at Catherine Creek, Columbia River Gorge.........June 3, 2009.
Paul Slichter