General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Plant Height: 1-3 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruiting Time: Summer
Fall
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Summer
Fall
Underground structures: Taproot
Uses: Vegetable
Will Naturalize
Edible Parts: Stem
Leaves
Seeds or Nuts
Flowers
Eating Methods: Culinary Herb/Spice
Raw
Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Provide light
Self fertile
Pollinators: Hoverflies
Wasps
Beetles
Flies
Bees

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Common names
  • Canadian honewort
  • Honewort
  • Wild Chervil

Photo Gallery
Location: Roosevelt Island, Washington, DC
Date: 05/29/2012
photo by Fritz Flohr Reynolds via Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/
Location: Fairfax, VA | July, 2022

Date: July
credit: John Cameron

Cryptotaenia canadensis subsp. japonica
Photo by rakami

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