Peucedanum cervaria
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Peucedanum cervaria is a herbaceous
plant in the genus Peucedanum
belonging to the carrot family Apiaceae
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. The large umbels have 9-30 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 a almost leafless stalk growing directly from the ground (scapose
). The fruits are oval, about 4 to 6 mm long and 3-4 mm wide, with narrow marginal ridges.
Herbaceous
A herbaceous plant is a plant that has leaves and stems that die down at the end of the growing season to the soil level. They have no persistent woody stem above ground...
plant in the genus Peucedanum
Peucedanum
Peucedanum is a genus of flowering plant in the carrot family, Apiaceae.-Species:It contains the following species:* Peucedanum angustisectum* Peucedanum camerunensis* Peucedanum cervaria* Peucedanum formosanum Hayata -...
belonging to the carrot family Apiaceae
Apiaceae
The Apiaceae , commonly known as carrot or parsley family, is a group of mostly aromatic plants with hollow stems. The family is large, with more than 3,700 species spread across 434 genera, it is the sixteenth largest family of flowering plants...
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Description
Peucedanum cervaria reaches on average 40–120 cm (15.7–47.2 ) in height, with a maximum of 150 centimetres (59.1 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 pinnatifidPinnate
Pinnate is a term used to describe feather-like or multi-divided features arising from both sides of a common axis in plant or animal structures, and comes from the Latin word pinna meaning "feather", "wing", or "fin". A similar term is pectinate, which refers to a comb-like arrangement of parts...
. The large umbels have 9-30 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 a almost leafless stalk growing directly from the ground (scapose
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). The fruits are oval, about 4 to 6 mm long and 3-4 mm wide, with narrow marginal ridges.