| Anthriscus sylvestris | 
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| Scientific classification | 
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
 
| Clade: | Eudicots | 
 
| Clade: | Asterids | 
 
| Order: | Apiales | 
 
| Family: | Apiaceae | 
 
| Genus: | Anthriscus | 
| Species: | A. sylvestris | 
| Binomial name | 
| Anthriscus sylvestris 
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| Synonyms | 
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Anthriscus alpina (Vill.) Jord.Anthriscus candollei Rouy & E.G.CamusAnthriscus chaerophyllea (Lam.) DruceAnthriscus dissectus C.H.WrightAnthriscus elatior BesserAnthriscus intermedia SchurAnthriscus keniensis H.WolffAnthriscus laevigata Griseb.Anthriscus nemorosa Baker & S.Moore nom. illeg.Anthriscus pilosa SchurAnthriscus procera BesserAnthriscus torquata DubyAnthriscus yunnanensis W.W.Sm.Carum sylvestre (L.) Baill.Caucalis aequicolorum All.Cerefolium sylvestre (L.) BubaniCerefolium tenuifolium BeckChaerefolium sylvestre (L.) SchinzChaerophyllum affine Steud. ex A.Rich.Chaerophyllum alpinum Vill.Chaerophyllum angulatum Kit. ex Spreng.Chaerophyllum ateanum (Pau) PauChaerophyllum cadonense Schult. ex Steud.Chaerophyllum ghilanicum Stapf & Wettst.Chaerophyllum infestum Salisb.Chaerophyllum lactescens Rochel ex Steud.Chaerophyllum sylvestre L.Chaerophyllum tumidum Gilib. nom. inval.Myrrhis chaerophylloides HanceMyrrhis sylvestris (L.) Spreng.Oreochorte yunnanensis (W.W. Sm.) Koso-Pol.Peucedanum dissectum (C.H. Wright) Dawe
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Anthriscus sylvestris, known as cow parsley, wild chervil, wild beaked parsley, Queen Anne's lace or keck, is a herbaceous biennial or short-lived perennial plant in the family Apiaceae (Umbelliferae). It is also sometimes called mother-die (especially in the UK), a name that is also applied to the common hawthorn. It is native to Europe, western Asia and northwestern Africa. It is related to other diverse members of Apiaceae, such as parsley, carrot, hemlock and hogweed.  It is often confused with Daucus carota, another member of the Apiaceae also known as "Queen Anne's lace" or "wild carrot".