Family: Apiaceae Smyrnium olusatrum     *     Alexanders Flowering time: March-June. Biennial Habitat: Widespread, usually coastal on waste ground, roadsides and cliffs. A stout hairless plant, celery-scented, with yellow-green flowers in many-rayed umbels. Shiny dark green leaves, basal leaves with stalked leaflets. Sometimes host to the rust fungus Puccinia smyrnii

Alexanders, Smyrnium olusatrum
Arne, Dorset. 2014