Apiaceae
Roughfruit scaleseed
Spermolepis divaricata
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Spermolepis
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Roughfruit scaleseed
Synonyms
- Aethusa divaricata (Walter) Spreng.
- Ammi divaricatum Michx.
- Ammi divaricatum (Walter) Pers.
- Apium divaricatum (Walter) Alph.Wood
- Babiron dichotomum Raf.
- Babiron divaricatum (Walter) Raf.
- Daucus divaricatus Walter
- Leptocaulis divaricatus (Walter) DC.
- Ligusticum pusillum Pers.
- Sison divaricatum (Walter) Spreng.
- Sison pusillum Michx.
- Sium pusillum Poir.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.