Anthriscus Pers.
Glabrous or hairy, annual, biennial or perennial herbs, with taproots. Lvs 2-4-pinnate; segments broad to narrow. Umbels compound, pedunculate; bracts few or 0, simple; bracteoles several, simple. Petals white or pink, regular or irregular, with apex notched and inflexed; calyx teeth small or 0. Fr. ovoid to linear, terete, usually tapering to beaked apex, usually spinous; commissure narrow; ribs inconspicuous, confined to beak; vittae solitary.
c. 20 spp., Europe, Mediterranean, temperate Asia. Naturalised sp. 1.
