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Japanese hedgeparsley (Torilis japonica)

Japanese hedgeparsley Common Names: Erect hedgeparsley

Description: Plant is known in Korea for its medicinal uses to treat amnesia, acidosis and scabies. The juice of the root is used in the treatment of indigestion.

Habit: Erect; annual; grows 2-4 ft (0.6-1.2 m) tall; first year rosettes are low, parsley-like, green in to the fall; taprooted.

Leaves: Alternate, pinnately-divided, fern-like, 2-5 in long, sometimes slightly downy.

Stems: Ridged, branched, grown from thick taproot.

Flowers: Tiny, white in color, 5 petals, clustered in small, flat-topped umbels; blooms June through September.

Fruit and seeds: Small, cylindrical and covered with hooked hairs.

Habitat: Native to Eurasia. Found in waste grounds, disturbed sites, thickets, roadsides, railroads.

Reproduction: By seed, which are covered with hooked hairs that attach to any fabric or fur.

Similar species: Spreading hedgeparsley (Torilis arvensis) is very similar and invasive as well.

Monitoring and rapid response: Hand-pull or mow before flowering. Treat foliage with glyphosate or triclopyr in early spring and when re-sprouting after cutting; monitor the site.

Credits: The information provided in this factsheet was gathered from the Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium and Plants for A Future.

Individual species images that appear with a number in a black box are courtesy of the Bugwood.org network (http://www.invasive.org).Individual photo author credits may not be included due to the small display size of the images and subsequent difficulty of reading the provided text. All other images appear courtesy of Google (http://images.google.com).


Common Name:

Japanese hedgeparsley

Scientific Name:

Torilis japonica

Family:

Apiaceae
(Carrot)

Duration:

Annual

Habit:

Herbs

USDA Symbol:

TOJA

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