Plant: Perennial, taprooted, 0.9-2 m, glabrous, glaucous, anise- or licorice-scented; Stem erect, branched, solid Leaves: petiole 7-14 cm, conspicuously sheathing; blade 3-4 dm wide, triangular-ovate, pinnately finely dissected, segments 4-40 mm, thread-like INFLORESCENCE: umbels compound, peduncled; bracts, bractlets 0; rays 15-40, unequal, 1-4 cm, spreading-ascending to ascending; pedicels 18-25, 1-10 mm, subequal Flowers: many, small; calyx lobes 0; petals 5, wide, free, yellow, tips narrowed; stamens 5; pistil 1, ovary inferior, 2-chambered, generally with a ± conic, persistent projection or platform on top subtending 2 free styles Fruit: 2 dry, 1-seeded halves that separate from each other but generally remain attached for some time to a central axis, 3.5-4 mm, oblong-ovate, compressed side-to-side, glabrous; ribs subequal, prominent, acute; oil tubes per rib-interval 1; fruit axis divided to base; Seed: face generally flat Misc: Roadsides, waste places; 0-350 m.; May-Sep