Swaziland's Alien Plants Database

Ciclospermum leptophyllum (Pers.) Sprague

(Apium leptophyllum)

APIACEAE

marsh parsley

Disturbed areas, Potential minor problem species

Origin: Central America

Growth Form: Herb

Plant Description: Plants slender, 0.5-6 dm tall. Leaves pinnately decompound, the ultimate divisions filiform, oblong-ovate to orbicular in outline, 3.5-10 cm wide. Rays 1-5, 0.4-2.5 cm long; petals white or greenish white. Fruit orbicular to ovoid, 1.2-3 mm in diameter, mericarps readily separating

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