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Torilis nodosa (L.) Gaertn.

knotted hedge-parsley (Apiaceae / Umbelliferae)

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Torilis nodosa is a low-growing umbellifer with almost sessile white flowers, found widely south of the Severn–Humber line, but mostly coastal to the north.

Wolvercote (VC23: Oxfordshire); 2018-06-01

 knotted hedge-parsley / Torilis nodosa: _Torilis nodosa_ is a low-growing umbellifer with almost sessile white flowers, found widely south of the Severn–Humber line, but mostly coastal to the north.

The fruits of Torilis nodosa have stiff bristles on one half, and none on the other.

Beachy Head (VC14: East Sussex); 2016-06-21

 knotted hedge-parsley / Torilis nodosa: The fruits of _Torilis nodosa_ have stiff bristles on one half, and none on the other.

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