Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Ammi majus
Common name
Bishop's weed, Bullwort
Family
Apiaceae
Where found
Weed of dry forest, woodland, grassy areas, cultivation, and disturbed sites. Mostly Sydney area and Blue Mountains. Sporadic elsewhere.
Notes
Introduced perennial herb to 1.3 m tall. Stems hairless. Leaves basal and alternating up the stems. Basal leaves 1-15 cm long, compound, with 3-5 leaflets, each 1-6 cm long, 2-20 mm wide, upper stem leaves smaller and much narrower in proportion, all except the uppermost leaves with toothed margins. Leaves not fern-like. Flowers in clusters 30-70 mm in diameter. Individual flowers about 3 mm in diameter, with 5 white petals. 'Seeds' with no spines. Flowers most of the year, mainly Spring to Summer.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Ammi~majus (accessed 3 January, 2021)
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