Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
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Ammi majus
Bishop's weed, Bullwort
Apiaceae
Weed of dry forest, woodland, grassy areas, cultivation, and disturbed sites. Mostly Sydney area and Blue Mountains. Sporadic elsewhere.
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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