Yabea microcarpa

California hedge parsley

Family: Apiaceae · Type: annual · Native

California hedge parsley is a native annual found in California Floristic Province and Mojave Desert bioregions in grassy slopes, dunes, chaparral, and woodland at elevations below 1,500 meters. Flowering from April to June, this delicate plant produces white flowers in small, compound umbels with thread-like segments. Growing with slender, erect stems 10 to 40 centimeters tall and a taproot, it has a light and airy appearance. Its pinnately dissected leaves are 2 to 6 centimeters long, with thread-like to linear segments 2 to 8 millimeters long, giving the plant a fine, lacy texture. The fruit is distinctive, with oblong compressed sides and bristly primary ribs alternating with prickly wings.

Habitat: Grassy slopes, dunes, chaparral, woodland

Bloom period: Apr-Jun

Elevation: < 1500 m

Bioregions: CA-FP, DMoj

California counties: San Luis Obispo, San Bernardino, Kern, Riverside, Ventura, San Diego, Alameda, Fresno, Los Angeles, San Benito, Santa Barbara, Calaveras, Modoc, Napa, Madera, Butte, Lake, Tuolumne, Orange, San Francisco, Mendocino, Inyo, Santa Clara, Trinity, Tehama, Merced, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tulare, Imperial, Amador, Marin, El Dorado, Colusa, Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Glenn, Shasta, Santa Cruz, Monterey, Solano, Mariposa, Humboldt, Kings, Stanislaus, Nevada, Yolo, Del Norte, Sonoma, San Mateo

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.