trefle.io · Taken Apr 8, 2014 by Tela Botanica − Jean-Claude ECHARDOUR (cc-by-sa)
Rosaceae
Field parsley piert
Aphanes arvensis
Also known as Aphanes arvensis, Field parsley-piert, Parsley piert
Native Plants · Wildflower · Groundcover · Rosaceae · Meadow · Native · Low-Maintenance · Annual · Herb · Field Plant
Field parsley piert is a low-maintenance ground-hugging plant that thrives in disturbed soils and grasslands with moderate moisture. It prefers full sun to partial shade and requires little intervention once established. This plant is best suited to naturalistic or wildflower garden settings rather than formal beds.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately to keep soil evenly moist but not waterlogged · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5–5.5
- Temperature
- -10°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 5a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 in – 8 in
- Spread
- 6 in
- Spacing
- 6 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Shallow
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Attracts
- Bees
Sources: trefle, usda
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