Apiaceae
Nuttall's prairie parsley
Polytaenia nuttallii
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Polytaenia
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- طرديلن أمريكي, طرديليون أمريكي
- English
- Nuttall's prairie parsley
Synonyms
- Ferula drummondii Hook. & Arn.
- Pachiloma nuttali Raf.
- Pachiloma verticillata Raf.
- Phaiosperma pulverulenta Raf.
- Phaiosperma trifida Raf.
- Pleiotaenia nuttallii (DC.) J.M.Coult. & Rose
- Polytaenia nuttallii var. laevis Torr. & A.Gray
- Tordylium americanum Nutt. ex DC.
- Zosima nuttallii D.Dietr.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Joshua Mayer from Madison, WI, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joshua Mayer from Madison, WI, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joshua Mayer from Madison, WI, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joshua Mayer from Madison, WI, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joshua Mayer from Madison, WI, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joshua Mayer from Madison, WI, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joshua Mayer from Madison, WI, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.