Red River Scaleseed

Description

Apiastrum-is a monotypic genus of-flowering plant-in the-Apiaceae, containing the single species-Apiastrum angustifolium, which is known by the common name-mock parsley. It is native to-California-and-Baja California, where it is resident in many types of habitat. This is an annual herb producing a branching stem up to half a meter tall from a-taproot. Leaves are plentiful along the stem, each up to about 5 centimeters long and split into many narrow lobes. Several-inflorescences-arise from the stem, often but not always from leaf axils. The inflorescence is a-compound umbel-of tiny flowers each with five pointed white petals.