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85.) APIACEAE - Carrot family

APIACEAE - Carrot family

SANICULA L.

Sanicula europaea L. (Sanicle) /- Woodland A species of ancient woodland.

ASTRANTIA L.

Astrantia major L. (which sspp.! - ssp. major?, ssp. carinthiaca (Hoppe ex W.D.J. Koch) Arcang.?, ssp. elatior (Friv.) K. Maly - Stace, Kew) (Astrantia - Stace, Mountain Sanicle, Pink Masterwort - NBN) 1908 - ssp. major was recorded on the 1st of January 2024 by Nicky Hodges in St Andrews. General

ERYNGIUM L.

Eryngium giganteum M. Bieb. (Tall Eryngo) - 1 BSBI record from Paulton. General Very Rare First recorded as an escape from a flower bed at Castle Park, Bristol in 2023 by D. Peters. Three self-sown plants were found on a pavement close to the garden source at Paulton in 2025 by ?
Eryngium planum L. (Blue Eryngo) - 2 BSBI records General Very Rare Grown in gardens for ornament and rarely escapes. One plant on paving outside on Thomas Street, Bath in 2021 by ?; and Twerton, Bath City Farm in 2022 by ?; and a large flowering plant was found at the base of a street tree on Egerton Road, Bishopston, Bristol in 2024 by D. Peters.
Eryngium variifolium Coss. (Moroccan Eryngo) - 2 BSBI records General Very Rare Found for the first time in our region growing out of flower-bed wall outside St Mary's Shopping Centre public toilets, Thornbury in 2021 by C. & M.A.R. Kitchen and C.M. Lovatt; and at Weston-super-Mare where a single plant was discovered beneath a boat against a low sea wall (self-seeded from a nearby flower bed on Knightstone) in 2021 by ?; and still present the following year when about ten plants were found self-seeded in walls and pavements and in 2024 by ?.
Eryngium maritimum L. (Sea-holly - Stace, Sea Holly - old flora) 1971 Coasts Extinct Has been intermittently recorded on the dunes at Sand Bay.
Eryngium campestre L. (var. campestre) (Field Eryngo) Grassland Extinct Formerly occurred at Weston-super-Mare
Eryngium amethystinum L. (var. amethystinum) (Italian Eryngo) - 1 BSBI record General Very Rare Recorded at Bishopston, Bristol in 2010 by ?; and again in 2018 by R.J. Higgins.
Eryngium bourgatii Gouan (var. bourgatii) (Mediterranean Sea-holly) - 1 BSBI record General Very Rare Recorded at Felton, North Somerset in 2019 by ?.

BUPLEURUM L.

Bupleurum tenuissimum L. (Slender Hare's-ear) - coasts
Bupleurum rotundifolium L. (Thorow-wax) 1917 General Extinct On rubbish in St Philip's Marsh, 1891, and subsequently, White Fl.
Bupleurum subovatum Link ex Spreng. (False Thorow-wax) General Extinct St Philip's Marsh and Portishead Station-yard, 1906-7, White Fl. and simply mentioned as 'Frequent' by Sandwith (1932 [as B. lancifolium]).
Bupleurum odontites L. (Fontanesi's Hare's-ear - GBIF, Round-leaved Thorow-wax - Go Botany, Toothed Thorow-wax?) General St Philip's Marsh, 1911, Miss Roper (as B. aristatum); Tip at Eastville in 1916 by I.M. Roper.

PHYSOSPERMUM Cusson ex Juss.

Physospermum cornubiense (L.) DC. (Bladderseed) - 1 record, no doubt an error. General

OENANTHE L.

Oenanthe fistulosa L. (Tubular Water-dropwort) - Wetland It was also recorded as an adventive along with O. pimpinelloides at St Philip's Marsh in 1916 by M. Cobbe.
Oenanthe pimpinelloides L. (ssp. pimpinelloides) (Corky-fruited Water-dropwort) / Grassland
Oenanthe lachenalii C.C. Gmel. (Parsley Water-dropwort) /- Wetland
Oenanthe crocata L. (Hemlock Water-dropwort) / Wetland
Oenanthe fluviatilis (Bab.) Coleman (River Water-dropwort) 1981 Wetland
Oenanthe aquatica (L.) Poir. (Fine-leaved Water-dropwort) - Wetland

SIUM L.

Sium latifolium L. (Greater Water-parsnip) 1912 Wetland

BERULA Besser ex W.D.J. Koch

Berula erecta (Huds.) Coville (Lesser Water-parsnip) / Wetland

HELOSCIADIUM W.D.J. Koch

Helosciadium nodiflorum (L.) W.D.J. Koch (Stace) (ssp. nodiflorum) (Apium nodiflorum (L.) Lag.) (Fool's-water-cress) / Wetland
Helosciadium nodiflorum x H. repens = H. x *longipedunculatum* (F.W. Schultz) Desjardins (Fool's-water-cress x Creeping Marshwort) - 1 record (a mistake for hybrid with next sp.?) Wetland
Helosciadium inundatum (L.) W.D.J. Koch (Apium inundatum (L.) Rchb. f.) (Lesser Marshwort) 1910 Wetland

CICUTA L.

Cicuta virosa L. (Cowbane) 1866 Wetland

SMYRNIUM L.

Smyrnium olusatrum L. (Alexanders) / General
Smyrnium perfoliatum L. (ssp. perfoliatum) (Perfoliate Alexanders) - 1 record General

CHAEROPHYLLUM L.

Chaerophyllum temulum L. (Rough Chervil) / General

ANTHRISCUS Pers.

Anthriscus sylvestris (L.) Hoffm. (ssp. sylvestris) (Cow Parsley) / General Very Common Abundant on road verges, in open woods, churchyards, field margins and rough grassland. The purple-leaved cultivar 'Ravenswing' is sometimes grown in gardens and may escape. It has been recorded on two occasions around Bristol by D. Peters.
Anthriscus cerefolium (L.) Hoffm. (Garden Chervil) 1904 General Extinct Casual at Knowle, 1880. Painter in White Fl.
Anthriscus caucalis M. Bieb. (Bur Chervil) - General Rare A rare plant in our area; concentrated on the coast between Weston-super-Mare and Sand Point and very sporadic inland. St Philip's Marsh, Herb. Stephens; Portishead Station-yard, 1909-10, White Fl.; Avonmouth Docks in 1932 by C.I. Sandwith.

SCANDIX L.

Scandix pecten-veneris L. (ssp. pecten-veneris) (Shepherd's-needle) General Historically common in arable settings and on city refuse tips and ports around Bristol; this species has undergone enormous decline as a result of modern intensive farming and is now confined to the north of the region over the Cotswolds and around Thornbury.
Scandix iberica M. Bieb. (Find common name! - Iberian Shepherd's-needle?) 1917 General Extinct A native of the Middle East; recorded at Brislington in 1913 by I.W. Evans; at St Philip's Marsh in 1915; and Ashton Gate in 1917 by C.I. Sandwith - these are the only records for the British Isles.
Scandix stellata Banks & Sol. (Find common name! - Starry Shepherd's-needle?) 1921 General Extinct A native of the Mediterranean; recorded at Brislington in 1921 by I.W. Evans (as Scandicium pinnatifidum) - a first and only record for the British Isles.
Scandix australis L. (ssp. australis) (Southern Shepherd's-needle, Venus’-comb Wild Flowers of Skopelos) General Extinct Recorded at St Philip's Marsh in 1916 by M. Cobbe. and G.C. Druce.

MYRRHIS Mill.

Myrrhis odorata (L.) Scop. (Sweet Cicely) - multiple records on iNaturalist (mostly errors for Cow Parsley or in gardens. A couple are right but can't tell if wild). General

CONOPODIUM W.D.J. Koch

Conopodium majus (Gouan) Loret (ssp. majus - Kew, GBIF) (Pignut) / General

Mention Thwaites record of Bunium bulbocastanum (Great Pignut) under Pignut

TORILIS Adans.

Torilis japonica (Houtt.) DC. (Upright Hedge-parsley) / General Frequent Frequent in scrubby edges, field margins, woodland edge, hedge banks, road verges and track-sides.
Torilis arvensis (Huds.) Link (ssp. arvensis) (Spreading Hedge-parsley) General Very Rare Recently only recorded from Old Passage. Historical records include: Kingswood, 1882; Montpelier; on mill refuse, Portishead, White Fl.
Torilis leptophylla (L.) Rchb. f. (var. leptophylla) (Bristle-fruit Hedge-parsley) 1922 General Extinct St Philip's Marsh, 1903; Portishead Station-yard, 1905, introduced with imported grain, White Fl.; Bedminster in 1922 and Baptist Mills in 1932 by C.I. Sandwith and Avonmouth Docks in 1931 by H.J. Gibbons.
Torilis nodosa (L.) Gaertn. (Knotted Hedge-parsley) /- General Uncommon Found in disturbed places such as bare open grassy banks, field margins, walls. It has increased in recent years.

The var. pedunculata (no longer recognised) was found at St Philip's Marsh in 1916 by C.I. Sandwith and Avonmouth Docks in 1928 by I.M. Roper.

CAUCALIS L.

Caucalis platycarpos L. (ssp. platycarpos) (Small Bur-parsley) 1940 General Extinct By the Avon, 1903; Cumberland Basin, 1906, C. Wall; on corn-mill refuse, Portishead Station-yard, 1902-1907, White Fl.; Bath in 1914 by ?; St Philip's Marsh in 1916 by M. Cobbe; Ashton Gate and Baptist Mills in 1922 by C.I. Sandwith; "Frequent at Avonmouth Docks" (Sandwith, 1932) - recorded there in 1930 by ?; in 1938 by ?; Ashton Gate in 1939 by ?.

The var. muricata (no longer recognised) was recorded on a railway siding between Shirehampton and Avonmouth in July 1922 by N.Y. Sandwith.

TURGENIA Hoffm.

Turgenia latifolia (L.) Hoffm. (Greater Bur-parsley) 1924 General Extinct St Philip's Marsh, 1901; Harbour railway by the Ferry, 1903; Cumberland Basin, 1905, C. Wall; Baptist Mills, 1911, Evans, White Fl.; Avonmouth Docks in 1927 and subsequently by C.I. Sandwith; seen there again in 1938 by ?; and at Ashton Gate in 1939 by ?.

[Where's the 1924 record?]

CUMINUM L.

Cuminum cyminum L. (Cumin) General

DAUCUS L.

Daucus carota L. ssp. carota (Wild Carrot) / Grassland
Daucus muricatus (L.) L. (Mediterranean Carrot - iNaturalist, Spiny Carrot) - Sandwith (1932) General Extinct A native of the Mediterranean; recorded in a fowl-run on Wee Lane [now Glenfrome Road], Eastville in 1922 by C.I. Sandwith.

PIMPINELLA L.

Pimpinella major (L.) Huds. (Greater Burnet-saxifrage) 1926 General
Pimpinella saxifraga L. (ssp. saxifraga) (Burnet-saxifrage) / Grassland
Pimpinella anisum L. (Anise - GBIF) - Sandwith (1932) General Extinct Recorded at St Philip's Marsh in 1916 by G.C. Druce and M. Cobbe; at Bristol in 1932 by H.J. Gibbons; and at Avonmouth Docks in 1937 by ?.

SILAUM Mill.

Silaum silaus (L.) Schinz & Thell. (Pepper-saxifrage) / Grassland

LEVISTICUM Hill

Levisticum officinale W.D.J. Koch (Lovage) 1896 /- General

CORIANDRUM L.

Coriandrum sativum L. (Coriander) 1979 - General St Philip's Marsh in 1916 by M. Cobbe and C.I. Sandwith; Eastville and Brislington in 1915, White (1918); Bedminster in 1931 by C.I. Sandwith; and there again in 1932 by I.W. Evans.

ORLAYA Hoffm.

Orlaya grandiflora (L.) Hoffm. (Large-flowered Orlaya - BSBI, GBIF, White Laceflower - Wikipedia) - [Bristol Botany in 1935] General

BIFORA Hoffm.

Bifora radians M. Bieb. (Wild Bishop - GBIF) 1940 General Extinct A native of the Mediterranean; recorded at Avonmouth Docks in 1932 by H.J. Gibbons and I.W. Evans; seen there again in 1938 by ?; and in 1954 by ?; also at Ashton Gate in 1940 by ?.
Bifora testiculata (L.) Spreng. (European Bishop - GBIF) 1940 General Extinct Recorded at St Philip's, 1904; and in Portishead Station-yard, 1906, White Fl.; Ashton Gate in 1917 by C.I. Sandwith; and in 1940 by ?.

PASTINACA L.

Pastinaca sativa L. (Parsnip) General
ssp. sativa (Parsnip) - 2000s BSBI record potentially within boundary General
ssp. sylvestris (Mill.) Rouy & E.G. Camus (Wild Parsnip) - General - [spotted a mistake on NBN - has Wild Parsnip under the name ssp. sativa rather than ssp. sylvestris] The native plant; found widely distributed but localised in grassland and on road verges.
ssp. urens (Req. ex Godr.) Čelak. (Eastern Parsnip) - 1 BSBI record (also on NBN) General

HERACLEUM L.

Heracleum sphondylium L. (Hogweed) / General Abundant throughout the region in grassland, woodland, road verges, ditch-sides.
ssp. sphondylium f. sphondylium General The typical plant with the same range and distribution as the species.
ssp. sphondylium f. angustifolium (Crantz) C.C. Gmel. General With narrow leaflets.
ssp. flavescens (Willd.) Soó (H. sibiricum L.) (Hogweed) - 1 record, almost certainly an error. General
Heracleum mantegazzianum Sommier & Levier (Giant Hogweed) - General Rare A rare introduction in our area but well established along watercourses around Bath and to the east of Bristol. It is nowhere near as troublesome in our region as it is in other parts of the country. Always portrayed in the media as 'the plant which causes blisters'. First recorded at Montpelier Station, Bristol, White Fl.

TRACHYSPERMUM Link

Trachyspermum ammi (L.) Sprague (Ajowan) - Sandwith (1932) General Recorded at Eastville in 1921 by C.I. Sandwith; at Avonmouth Docks in 1935 and 1936 by ?; tiny plants were found on a Bristol Pavement by Lady R. FitzGerald (FOTBR p. 49).

SISON L.

Sison amomum L. (Stone Parsley) / General
Sison segetum L. (Petroselinum segetum (L.) W.D.J. Koch) (Corn Parsley) - General

CRITHMUM L.

Crithmum maritimum L. (Rock Samphire) / Coasts

CARUM L.

Carum carvi L. (Caraway) General St Philip's Marsh, 1905, Miss Roper. By Hotwells Station, 1911, Noel Sandwith in White Fl. Mentioned in a list of Bristol plants of date about 1830, White Fl. Ashton Gate in 1922; Baptist Mills in 1932; and Avonmouth Docks in 1932 by C.I. Sandwith.

AEGOPODIUM L.

Aegopodium podagraria L. (Ground-elder) / General

FALCARIA Fabr.

Falcaria vulgaris Bernh. (Longleaf) - [Bristol Botany in 1935] General

APIUM L.

Apium graveolens L. var. graveolens (Wild Celery) / Coasts

[There is also a record of var. dulce but this is almost certainly supposed to be var. graveolens.]

CYCLOSPERMUM Lag.

Cyclospermum leptophyllum (Pers.) Sprague ex Britton & P. Wilson var. leptophyllum (Apium leptophyllum (Pers.) F. Muell.) (Slender Celery, Marsh Parsley, Fir-leaved Celery - Wikipedia) 1923 General Extinct A native of Central and South America; recorded at Bedminster in 1918 by M. Cobbe; Portishead Dock in 1922 by C.I. Sandwith; and at Avonmouth Docks in 1961 by N.Y. Sandwith (as Apium leptophyllum).

AMMI L.

Ammi majus L. (ssp. majus) (Bullwort) / General Very Rare St Philip's Marsh in 1916 by M. Cobbe; Baptist Mills in 1918 by C.I. Sandwith; Ashley Hill in 1922 by H.J. Gibbons; Brislington in 1923 and Baptist Mills in 1926 by C.I. Sandwith (both as var. glaucifolium - no longer recognised); on a tip at Hambrook, South Gloucestershire in 1952 by Major G. MacGeorge (Bristol Botany in 1952).

KRUBERA Hoffm.

Krubera peregrina (L.) Hoffm. (Does not have a Common name, make one up! - Mediterranean Krubera?) - Sandwith (1932 [as Capnophyllum peregrinum]) - place before Dill? General Extinct A native of the Mediterranean; recorded at St Philip's Marsh in 1917 by M. Cobbe and G.C. Druce (as Capnophyllum peregrinum).

ANETHUM L.

Anethum graveolens L. (Dill) 1978 General Very Rare Recorded at Eastville and Brislington in 1917 by C.I. Sandwith; St Anne's in 1924 by H.J. Gibbons; Avonmouth Docks in 1932 by C.I. Sandwith. It was apparently "A frequent casual during the Great War, the seeds being used as a substitute for Caraway" (Sandwith, 1932). More recently found at the base of a street tree in Bishopston, Bristol in 2024 by D. Lawrence - [Nature in Avon 2025, p. 194].

PETROSELINUM Hill

Petroselinum crispum (Mill.) Fuss (ssp. crispum) (Garden Parsley) /- General Very Rare Abundant on St Vincent's Rocks from a remote period. The figure in Eng. Bot. Suppl. was drawn from a Clifton Specimen. White Fl.

RIDOLFIA Moris

Ridolfia segetum (Guss.) Moris (False Fennel) - Sandwith (1932) General Recorded at Baptist Mills in 1917 by C.I. Sandwith.

FOENICULUM

Foeniculum vulgare Mill. (var. sativum, cv. Purpureum - Stace) (Fennel) / General Uncommon Widely naturalised on roadsides, railway banks, old quarries, brownfield sites. Also widely grown in gardens and allotments and often escapes onto pavements, often as the purple-leaved cultivar 'Purpureum'. Long known to be present in the Avon Gorge.
Foeniculum piperitum (Ucria) C. Presl (Bitter Fennel) - Sandwith (1932) General Extinct Recorded at St Philip's Marsh in 1916 by M. Cobbe and G.C. Druce - a first and only record for the British Isles.

CONIUM L.

Conium maculatum L. (Hemlock) / General

VISNAGA Mill.

Visnaga daucoides Gaertn. (Ammi visnaga (L.) Lam.) (Toothpick-plant) General Very Rare St Philip's Marsh in 1914 by T.H. Green; Baptist Mills in 1917 by C.I. Sandwith; Avonmouth Docks in 1928 by C.I. Sandwith and H.J. Gibbons; and found as a birdseed alien over block paving on Bromley Road, Ashley Down in 2025 by D. Peters.

MEUM Mill.

Meum athamanticum Jacq. (Spignel) - 1 record, probably an error General

AETHUSA L.

Aethusa cynapium L. (Fool's Parsley) /
ssp. cynapium The nominate plant with the same range and distribution as the species.
ssp. agrestis (Wallr.) Dostál (ssp. segetalis (Boenn.) Schübl. & G. Martens) - 3 BSBI records (also on NBN) General

TRINIA Hoffm.

Trinia glauca (L.) Dumort. (ssp. glauca) (Honewort) / Grassland

PEUCEDANUM L.

Peucedanum officinale L. (ssp. officinale) (Hog's Fennel) - 1 record on NBN, no doubt a mistake for ordinary Fennel. It appears to have been redacted General

THYSSELINUM Adans.

Thysselinum palustre (L.) Hoffm. (Peucedanum palustre (L.) Moench) (Milk-parsley) Wetland Very Rare Famously known as the sole food plant of the Swallowtail butterfly Papilio machaon ssp. britannicus in East Anglia. This species grows in small quantity in North Somerset around Shapwick and was discovered in our region for the first time in the Gordano Valley in 2020s by D. Hawkins and J. Greenwood [BSBI record].

ANGELICA L.

Angelica sylvestris L. (ssp. sylvestris) (Wild Angelica) / Wetland
Angelica archangelica L. (ssp. archangelica) (Garden Angelica) /- General

List:

Sanicula europaea L. (Sanicle) /- Woodland
Astrantia major L. (which sspp.! - ssp. major?, ssp. carinthiaca (Hoppe ex W.D.J. Koch) Arcang.?, ssp. elatior (Friv.) K. Maly - Stace, Kew) (Astrantia - Stace, Mountain Sanicle, Pink Masterwort - NBN) 1908 - ssp. major was recorded on the 1st of January 2024 by Nicky Hodges in St Andrews. General
Eryngium giganteum M. Bieb. (Tall Eryngo) - 1 BSBI record from Paulton. General
Eryngium planum L. (Blue Eryngo) - 2 BSBI records General
Eryngium variifolium Coss. (Moroccan Eryngo) - 2 BSBI records General
Eryngium maritimum L. (Sea-holly - Stace, Sea Holly - old flora) 1971 Coasts
Eryngium campestre L. (var. campestre - Kew, GBIF) (Field Eryngo) Grassland
Eryngium amethystinum L. (var. amethystinum - Kew, GBIF) (Italian Eryngo) - 1 BSBI record General
Eryngium bourgatii Gouan (var. bourgatii - Kew, GBIF) (Mediterranean Sea-holly) - 1 BSBI record General
Bupleurum tenuissimum L. (Slender Hare's-ear) - coasts
Bupleurum rotundifolium L. (Thorow-wax) 1917 General
Bupleurum subovatum Link ex Spreng. (False Thorow-wax) General
Bupleurum odontites L. (Fontanesi's Hare's-ear - GBIF, Round-leaved Thorow-wax - Go Botany, Toothed Thorow-wax?) General
Physospermum cornubiense (L.) DC. (Bladderseed) - 1 record, no doubt an error. General
Oenanthe fistulosa L. (Tubular Water-dropwort) - Wetland
Oenanthe pimpinelloides L. (ssp. pimpinelloides - Kew, GBIF) (Corky-fruited Water-dropwort) / Grassland
Oenanthe lachenalii C.C. Gmel. (Parsley Water-dropwort) /- Wetland
Oenanthe crocata L. (Hemlock Water-dropwort) / Wetland
Oenanthe fluviatilis (Bab.) Coleman (River Water-dropwort) 1981 Wetland
Oenanthe aquatica (L.) Poir. (Fine-leaved Water-dropwort) - Wetland
Sium latifolium L. (Greater Water-parsnip) 1912 Wetland
Berula erecta (Huds.) Coville (Lesser Water-parsnip) / Wetland
Helosciadium nodiflorum (L.) W.D.J. Koch (Stace) (ssp. nodiflorum - Kew, GBIF) Apium nodiflorum (L.) Lag. (NBN) (Fool's-water-cress) / Wetland
Helosciadium nodiflorum x H. repens = H. x longipedunculatum (F.W. Schultz) Desjardins (Fool's-water-cress x Creeping Marshwort) - 1 record (a mistake for hybrid with next sp.?) Wetland
Helosciadium inundatum (L.) W.D.J. Koch (Stace) Apium inundatum (L.) Rchb. f. (NBN) (Lesser Marshwort) 1910 Wetland
Cicuta virosa L. (Cowbane) 1866 Wetland
Smyrnium olusatrum L. (Alexanders) / General
Smyrnium perfoliatum L. (ssp. perfoliatum - Kew, GBIF) (Perfoliate Alexanders) - 1 record General
Chaerophyllum temulum L. (Rough Chervil) / General
Anthriscus sylvestris (L.) Hoffm. (ssp. sylvestris - Kew, GBIF) (Cow Parsley) / General
Anthriscus sylvestris (L.) Hoffm. (Cow Parsley) 'Ravenswing' General
Anthriscus cerefolium (L.) Hoffm. (Garden Chervil) 1904 General
Anthriscus caucalis M. Bieb. (Bur Chervil) - General
Scandix pecten-veneris L. (ssp. pecten-veneris - Kew, GBIF) (Shepherd's-needle) General
Scandix iberica M. Bieb. (Find common name! - Iberian Shepherd's-needle?) 1917 General
Scandix stellata Banks & Sol. (Find common name! - Starry Shepherd's-needle?) 1921 General
Scandix australis L. (ssp. australis - Kew, GBIF) (Southern Shepherd's-needle, Venus’-comb Wild Flowers of Skopelos) General
Myrrhis odorata (L.) Scop. (Sweet Cicely) - multiple records on iNaturalist (mostly errors for Cow Parsley or in gardens. A couple are right but can't tell if wild). General
Conopodium majus (Gouan) Loret (ssp. majus - Kew, GBIF) (Pignut) / General
Torilis japonica (Houtt.) DC. (Upright Hedge-parsley) / General
Torilis arvensis (Huds.) Link (ssp. arvensis - Kew, GBIF) (Spreading Hedge-parsley) General
Torilis leptophylla (L.) Rchb. f. (var. leptophylla - Kew, GBIF) (Bristle-fruit Hedge-parsley - GBIF, Wikipedia) 1922 General
Torilis nodosa (L.) Gaertn. (Knotted Hedge-parsley) /- General
Caucalis platycarpos L. (ssp. platycarpos - Kew, GBIF) (Small Bur-parsley) 1940 General
Turgenia latifolia (L.) Hoffm. (Greater Bur-parsley) 1924 General
Cuminum cyminum L. (Cumin) General
Daucus carota L. ssp. carota (Wild Carrot) / Grassland
Daucus muricatus (L.) L. (Mediterranean Carrot - iNaturalist, Spiny Carrot) - Sandwith (1932) General
Pimpinella major (L.) Huds. (Greater Burnet-saxifrage) 1926 General
Pimpinella saxifraga L. (ssp. saxifraga - Kew, GBIF) (Burnet-saxifrage) / Grassland
Pimpinella anisum L. (Anise - GBIF) - Sandwith (1932) General
Silaum silaus (L.) Schinz & Thell. (Pepper-saxifrage) / Grassland
Levisticum officinale W.D.J. Koch (Lovage) 1896 /- General
Coriandrum sativum L. (Coriander) 1979 - General
Orlaya grandiflora (L.) Hoffm. (Large-flowered Orlaya - BSBI, GBIF, White Laceflower - Wikipedia) - [Bristol Botany in 1935] General
Bifora radians M. Bieb. (Wild Bishop - GBIF) 1940 General
Bifora testiculata (L.) Spreng. (European Bishop - GBIF) 1940 General
Pastinaca sativa L. ssp. sativa (Parsnip) - 2000s BSBI record potentially within boundary General
Pastinaca sativa L. (ssp. sylvestris (Mill.) Rouy & E.G. Camus - Stace) (Wild Parsnip) - General - [spotted a mistake on NBN - has Wild Parsnip under the name ssp. sativa rather than ssp. sylvestris]
Pastinaca sativa L. ssp. urens (Req. ex Godr.) Čelak. (Eastern Parsnip) - 1 BSBI record (also on NBN) General
Heracleum sphondylium L. ssp. sphondylium (Hogweed) / General
Heracleum sphondylium L. ssp. sphondylium f. angustifolium (Crantz) C.C. Gmel. General
Heracleum sphondylium L. ssp. flavescens (Willd.) Soó (H. sibiricum L. - Kew, GBIF) (Hogweed) - 1 record, almost certainly an error. General
Heracleum mantegazzianum Sommier & Levier (Giant Hogweed) - General
Trachyspermum ammi (L.) Sprague (Ajowan) - Sandwith (1932) - found at Avonmouth Docks in 1935 and 1936 by ?; tiny plants found on a Bristol Pavement by Lady R. FitzGerald (FOTBR p. 49). General
Sison amomum L. (Stone Parsley) / General
Sison segetum L. (Stace) Petroselinum segetum (L.) W.D.J. Koch (NBN) (Corn Parsley) - General
Crithmum maritimum L. (Rock Samphire) / Coasts
Carum carvi L. (Caraway) General
Aegopodium podagraria L. (Ground-elder) / General
Falcaria vulgaris Bernh. (Longleaf) - [Bristol Botany in 1935] General
Apium graveolens L. (var. graveolens - Stace) (Wild Celery) / Coasts
Cyclospermum leptophyllum (Pers.) Sprague ex Britton & P. Wilson (Kew, EDIT, GBIF) (var. leptophyllum - Kew, GBIF) Apium leptophyllum (Pers.) F. Muell. (old name) (Slender Celery, Marsh Parsley, Fir-leaved Celery - Wikipedia) 1923 General
Ammi majus L. (ssp. majus - Kew, GBIF) (Bullwort) / General
Krubera peregrina (L.) Hoffm. (Does not have a Common name, make one up! - Mediterranean Krubera?) - Sandwith (1932 [as Capnophyllum peregrinum]) - place before Dill? General
Anethum graveolens L. (Dill) 1978 General
Petroselinum crispum (Mill.) Fuss (ssp. crispum - Kew, GBIF) (Garden Parsley) /- General
Ridolfia segetum (Guss.) Moris (False Fennel) - Sandwith (1932) General
Foeniculum vulgare Mill. (var. sativum, cv. Purpureum - Stace) (Fennel) / General
Foeniculum piperitum (Ucria) C. Presl (Bitter Fennel) - Sandwith (1932) General
Conium maculatum L. (Hemlock) / General
Visnaga daucoides Gaertn. (Stace) Ammi visnaga (L.) Lam. (NBN) (Toothpick-plant) General
Meum athamanticum Jacq. (Spignel) - 1 record, probably an error General
Aethusa cynapium L. ssp. cynapium (Fool's Parsley) /
Aethusa cynapium L. ssp. agrestis (Wallr.) Dostál (ssp. segetalis (Boenn.) Schübl. & G. Martens - Kew, GBIF) (Fool's Parsley) - 3 BSBI records (also on NBN) General
Trinia glauca (L.) Dumort. (ssp. glauca - Kew, GBIF) (Honewort) / Grassland
Peucedanum officinale L. (ssp. officinale - Kew, GBIF) (Hog's Fennel) - 1 record on NBN, no doubt a mistake for ordinary Fennel. It appears to have been redacted General
Thysselinum palustre (L.) Hoffm. (Peucedanum palustre (L.) Moench - Kew, GBIF) (Milk-parsley) famously known as the sole food plant of the Swallowtail butterfly in East Anglia. This species grows in small quantity in North Somerset around Shapwick and was discovered in our region for the first time in the Gordano Valley in 2020s by D. Hawkins and J. Greenwood [BSBI record]. Wetland
Angelica sylvestris L. (ssp. sylvestris - Kew, GBIF) (Wild Angelica) / Wetland
Angelica archangelica L. (ssp. archangelica - Stace) (Garden Angelica) /- General

Species to add:

Eryngium giganteum M. Bieb. (Tall Eryngo) - 1 BSBI record from Paulton. /
Eryngium planum L. (Blue Eryngo) - 2 BSBI records /
Eryngium variifolium Coss. (Moroccan Eryngo) - 2 BSBI records /
Eryngium amethystinum L. (var. amethystinum - Kew, GBIF) (Italian Eryngo) - 1 BSBI record /
Eryngium bourgatii Gouan (var. bourgatii - Kew, GBIF) (Mediterranean Sea-holly) - 1 BSBI record /
Physospermum cornubiense (L.) DC. (Bladderseed) - 1 record, no doubt an error. /
Helosciadium nodiflorum x H. repens = H. x longipedunculatum (F.W. Schultz) Desjardins (Fool's-water-cress x Creeping Marshwort) - 1 record /
Smyrnium perfoliatum L. (ssp. perfoliatum - Kew, GBIF) (Perfoliate Alexanders) - 1 record /
Scandix australis L. (ssp. australis - Kew, GBIF) (Southern Shepherd's-needle, Venus’-comb Wild Flowers of Skopelos) /
Myrrhis odorata (L.) Scop. (Sweet Cicely) - multiple records on iNaturalist (mostly errors for Cow Parsley or in gardens. A couple are right but can't tell if wild). /
Daucus muricatus (L.) L. (Mediterranean Carrot - iNaturalist, Spiny Carrot) - Sandwith (1932) /
Pimpinella anisum L. (Anise - GBIF) - Sandwith (1932) /
Orlaya grandiflora (L.) Hoffm. (Large-flowered Orlaya - BSBI, GBIF, White Laceflower - Wikipedia) - [Bristol Botany in 1935] /
Pastinaca sativa L. ssp. urens (Req. ex Godr.) Čelak. (Eastern Parsnip) - 1 BSBI record (also on NBN) /
Heracleum sphondylium L. ssp. sphondylium f. angustifolium (Crantz) C.C. Gmel. /
Heracleum sphondylium L. ssp. flavescens (Willd.) Soó (H. sibiricum L. - Kew, GBIF) (Hogweed) - 1 record, almost certainly an error. /
Trachyspermum ammi (L.) Sprague (Ajowan) - Sandwith (1932) - found at Avonmouth Docks in 1935 and 1936 by ?; tiny plants found on a Bristol Pavement by Lady R. FitzGerald (FOTBR p. 49). /
Falcaria vulgaris Bernh. (Longleaf) - [Bristol Botany in 1935] /
Krubera peregrina (L.) Hoffm. (Does not have a Common name, make one up! - Mediterranean Krubera?) - Sandwith (1932 [as Capnophyllum peregrinum]) - place before Dill? /
Ridolfia segetum (Guss.) Moris (False Fennel) - Sandwith (1932) /
Foeniculum piperitum (Ucria) C. Presl (Bitter Fennel) - Sandwith (1932) /
Meum athamanticum Jacq. (Spignel) - 1 record, probably an error /
Aethusa cynapium L. ssp. agrestis (Wallr.) Dostál (ssp. segetalis (Boenn.) Schübl. & G. Martens - Kew, GBIF) (Fool's Parsley) - 3 BSBI records (also on NBN) /
Peucedanum officinale L. (ssp. officinale - Kew, GBIF) (Hog's Fennel) - 1 record on NBN, no doubt a mistake for ordinary Fennel. It appears to have been redacted /
Thysselinum palustre (L.) Hoffm. (Peucedanum palustre (L.) Moench - Kew, GBIF) (Milk-parsley) famously known as the sole food plant of the Swallowtail butterfly in East Anglia. This species grows in small quantity in North Somerset around Shapwick and was discovered in our region for the first time in the Gordano Valley in 2020s by D. Hawkins and J. Greenwood [BSBI record]. /

Plants added by me:

Anthriscus sylvestris (L.) Hoffm. (Cow Parsley) 'Ravenswing' /
Pastinaca sativa L. ssp. sativa (Parsnip) - 2000s BSBI record potentially within boundary /

Species which could be found:

Daucus carota L. ssp. sativus (Hoffm.) Arcang. (Carrot)
Daucus carota L. ssp. gummifer (Syme) Hook. f. (Sea Carrot) - grows painstakingly close to the regions border on Brean Down.
Heracleum sphondylium x H. mantegazzianum (Common x Giant Hogweed)