Anthriscus nemorosus(M.Bieb.) Spreng.

WFO wfo-0000538659 Accepted WFO 2026-06 3 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–c · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Anthriscus nemorosus, photographed by Валерия Ковалева
fig. a Валерия Ковалева, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-05-01 / obs. 124428526
Anthriscus nemorosus, photographed by Валерия Ковалева
fig. b Валерия Ковалева, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 124428507
Anthriscus nemorosus, photographed by Валерия Ковалева
fig. c Валерия Ковалева, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 124428557

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Native range 32 botanical countries

Regions where Anthriscus nemorosus is native: Tanzania, Afghanistan, China North-Central, China South-Central, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon-Syria, Manchuria, North Caucasus, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya, Albania, Bulgaria, East European Russia, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Krym, North European Russia, NW. Balkan Pen., Romania, Sicilia TanzaniaAfghanistanChina North-CentralChina South-CentralInner MongoliaIranIraqJapanKazakhstanLebanon-SyriaManchuriaNorth CaucasusTibetTranscaucasusTürkiyeTurkmenistanUzbekistanXinjiangNepalPakistanWest HimalayaAlbaniaBulgariaEast European RussiaGreeceItalyKritiKrymNorth European RussiaNW. Balkan Pen.RomaniaSicilia
Native distribution of Anthriscus nemorosus, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
China North-Central CHN
China South-Central CHC
Inner Mongolia CHI
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Japan JAP
Kazakhstan KAZ
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Manchuria CHM
North Caucasus NCS
Tibet CHT
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Turkmenistan TKM
Uzbekistan UZB
Xinjiang CHX
Albania ALB EUROPE
Bulgaria BUL
East European Russia RUE
Greece GRC
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
Krym KRY
North European Russia RUN
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Romania ROM
Sicilia SIC
Nepal NEP ASIA-TROPICAL
Pakistan PAK
West Himalaya WHM
Tanzania TAN AFRICA

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Where it actually grows measured, from 109 observations

Condition 5th percentile Median 95th percentile
Coldest month, mean daily low -21.5 °C -13.9 °C -6.1 °C
Warmest month, mean daily high 15.1 °C 17.9 °C 24.0 °C
Annual rainfall 815 mm 1,236 mm 1,473 mm
Rainfall in the driest quarter 100 mm 186 mm 255 mm

It is found where winters are severely cold. This is not care advice and it is not a forecast. It is a measurement: we sampled the climate at every one of the 109 research-grade observations of Anthriscus nemorosus that carry a coordinate, and this is the range those places actually span. The 5th and 95th percentiles are used rather than the minimum and maximum, because a single cultivated specimen in a heated conservatory should not widen a tropical plant's range to the Arctic.

This is not a hardiness zone. A USDA zone is the average annual extreme minimum temperature. The figure above is the mean daily minimum of the coldest month, which is a different quantity and is typically far warmer. Reading one as the other would place a plant several zones too warm, so we do not publish a hardiness zone, because we do not have one.

Also published as 22 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Anthriscus aemula f. hirtifructus (Ohwi) Kitag.
  • Anthriscus aemulus (Woronow) Schischk.
  • Anthriscus anatolicus Boiss.
  • Anthriscus macrocarpus Boiss. & Heldr.
  • Anthriscus nemorosa var. glabriuscula Nasir
  • Anthriscus nemorosa var. hirtifructus Ohwi
  • Anthriscus rivularis Dolliner ex Vuk.
  • Anthriscus sylvestris f. hirtifructus (Ohwi) H.Ohba
  • Anthriscus sylvestris subsp. aemulus (Woronow) Kitam.
  • Anthriscus sylvestris subsp. leiocarpa Koso-Pol.
  • Anthriscus sylvestris subsp. nemorosa (M.Bieb.) Koso-Pol.
  • Anthriscus sylvestris subsp. nemorosus (M.Bieb.) Koso-Pol.
  • Anthriscus sylvestris var. aemulus Woronow
  • Anthriscus sylvestris var. nemorosa (M.Bieb.) Trautv.
  • Anthriscus villosus Boiss.
  • Centhriscus nemorosa (M.Bieb.) Spreng.
  • Chaerefolium nemorosum (M.Bieb.) Bornm.
  • Chaerophyllum lucidum Desf.
  • Chaerophyllum nemorosum Hoffm.
  • Chaerophyllum nemorosum M.Bieb.
  • Myrrhodes nemorosa Kuntze
  • Scandix nemorosa (M.Bieb.) Hornem.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.