94. Bur Chervil

Bur Chervil (Anthriscus caucalis) is an introduced  weed, similar to the garden herb,  It is an aggressive colonizer in the meadow.  It is a handsome plant, with fine, fern-like foliage with a strong smell when bruised or cut.  The flowers are small and white.   The plants here show an amazing diversity of sizes, from just a few inches high on  trampled or  drier sites with thin soils to robust plants over a meter high on moister, deeper soils.  For the most part it seems to behave as a biennial here, forming a basal rosette the first year and flowering in the spring of the second year.  

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