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Apiaceae

Chinese hemlockparsley

Conioselinum chinense (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.

Family
Apiaceae
Genus
Conioselinum

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Chinese hemlockparsley (Conioselinum chinense)
FlowerPhoto: Skyler Principe, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (2)
Chinese
山芎
English
Chinese hemlockparsley, Eastern hemlockparsley

Synonyms

  • Apium bipinnatum Walter
  • Athamanta chinensis L.
  • Cnidium canadense (Michx.) Spreng.
  • Cnidium chinense Spreng.
  • Conioselinum benthamii (S.Watson) Fernald
  • Conioselinum bipinnatum (Walter) Britton
  • Conioselinum canadense (Michx.) Torr. & A.Gray
  • Conioselinum chinense var. anticostense J.Rousseau
  • Conioselinum chinense var. latilobum J.Rousseau
  • Conioselinum chinense var. pacificum (S.Watson) B.Boivin
  • Conioselinum dawsonii (J.M.Coult. & Rose) J.M.Coult. & Rose
  • Conioselinum filicinum (H.Wolff) Hara
  • Conioselinum gmelinii J.M.Coult. & Rose
  • Conioselinum nipponicum Hara
  • Conioselinum pacificum (S.Watson) J.M.Coult. & Rose
  • Conioselinum pumilum Rose
  • Kreidion chinensis (L.) Raf.
  • Kreidion filicinum (H.Wolff) Barkalov
  • Ligusticum chinense (L.) Crantz
  • Ligusticum gmelinii Cham. & Schltdl.
  • Peucedanum filicinum H.Wolff
  • Peucedanum wolffianum Fedde ex H.Wolff
  • Selinum benthamii S.Watson
  • Selinum canadense Michx.
  • Selinum chinense (L.) Druce
  • Selinum dawsonii J.M.Coult. & Rose
  • Selinum gmelinii Kurtz
  • Selinum hookeri S.Watson ex J.M.Coult. & Rose
  • Selinum pacificum S.Watson

Flowers

In flower
July to August (from 22 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.