Common name: Parsley-piert
Aphanes arvensis L. APNI* 
Description: Decumbent or erect herb, often greyish green owing to covering of long hairs, stems 4–10 cm high, rarely to 15 cm.
Leaves 6–9 mm long; stipules usually c. as long as petiole, not conspicuously veined, lobes ± triangular, about a quarter as long as undivided portion.
Sepals triangular, a quarter as long as fruiting hypanthium, slowly spreading in fruit, epicalyx about a quarter as long as sepals. Fruiting hypanthium 1.5–2 mm long.
Distribution and occurrence: Often colonizing disturbed areas. Native of Eur.
NSW subdivisions: *NT, *CT, *ST, *NWS, *SWS
Other Australian states: *Vic. *Tas.
Text by G. J. Harden & A. N. Rodd
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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