Editing Chervil (section)

==Distribution and habitat==
[[File:Farmer's Market - Chervil (3497853296).jpg|thumb|Fresh chervil]]
A member of the [[Apiaceae]], chervil is native to the [[Caucasus]] but was spread by the Romans through most of Europe, where it is now naturalised.<ref name="OBFP">{{cite book |last1=Vaughan |first1=J.G. |last2=Geissler |first2=C.A. |title=The New Oxford Book of Food Plants |url=https://archive.org/details/newoxfordbookoff00vaug_0 |url-access=registration |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1997 |isbn=978-0-19-854825-6 }}</ref> It is also grown frequently in the United States, where it sometimes [[escaped plant|escapes cultivation]]. Such escape can be recognized, however, as garden chervil is distinguished from all other Anthriscus species growing in North America (i.e., ''[[Anthriscus caucalis|A. caucalis]]'' and ''[[Anthriscus sylvestris|A. sylvestris]]'') by its having lanceolate-linear bracteoles and a fruit with a relatively long beak.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Dickinson |first1=Richard |title=Weeds of North America |last2=Royer |first2=France |publisher=The University of Chicago Press |year=2014 |isbn=978-0-226-07644-7 |edition=1st |location=Chicago and London |pages=21–33 |language=English}}</ref>