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Peucedanum cervaria

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Species of flowering plant

Peucedanum cervaria
Umbel of Peucedanum cervaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Peucedanum
Species: P. cervaria
Binomial name
Peucedanum cervaria
(L.) Cusson ex Lapeyr.
Synonyms
  • Cervaria rivini Gaertn.
  • Selinum cervaria L.
  • Athamantha cervaria (L.) L.
  • Ligusticum cervaria (L.) Vill.

Peucedanum cervaria is a herbaceous plant in the genus Peucedanum belonging to the carrot family Apiaceae.

Description

Peucedanum cervaria reaches on average 40–120 centimetres (16–47 in) in height, with a maximum of 150 centimetres (59 in). The stems are cylindrical, glabrous and erect. They are more or less branched and the leaves are slightly blue-green and two to three times pinnatifid. The large umbels have 9 to 30 rays bearing small white flowers. The flowering period extends from July through September in their native habitat.

This plant has its overwintering buds situated just below the soil surface (hemicryptophyte) and an almost leafless stalk growing directly from the ground (scapose). The fruits are oval, about 4 to 6 mm long and 3 to 4 mm wide, with narrow marginal ridges.

Distribution

This plant is a sub-Mediterranean species widespread in southern and central Europe, from Spain, Italy and the Balkan Peninsula up to central Russia.

Habitat

Peucedanum cervaria grows singly or in loose groups on light-rich, chalky, dry places, occasionally in semi-arid grassland, at an altitude of 0 to 1,200 metres (0 to 3,937 ft) above sea level.

Gallery

  • Close-up of flowers of Peucedanum cervaria Close-up of flowers of Peucedanum cervaria
  • Image from Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen, 1796 Image from Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen, 1796
  • Plant of Peucedanum cervaria Plant of Peucedanum cervaria
  • Umbel of Peucedanum cervaria, lateral view Umbel of Peucedanum cervaria, lateral view
  • Leaves of Peucedanum cervaria Leaves of Peucedanum cervaria

References

  1. Botany.cz
  2. Pignatti S. - Flora d'Italia – Edagricole – 1982, Vol. II, p. 232
  3. Altervista
  4. Tutin, T.G. et al. - Flora Europaea, second edition - 1993 Peucedanum

External links

[REDACTED] Media related to Peucedanum cervaria at Wikimedia Commons

Taxon identifiers
Peucedanum cervaria
Selinum cervaria


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