Latin name: Torilis arvensis (Hudson) Link
  Pronunciation: tor-IL-is ar-VEN-sis

  Common name: Field hedge-parsley
  Family: Apiaceae (Carrot)
  Habitat: Disturbed places in California Floristic
  Province to 4800', native to central and southern
  Europe

  Blooming period: March to July
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Torilis
  2) arvensis
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