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Caucalis platycarpos L.

Carrot bur parsley (en), Caucalis à feuilles de Carotte (fr), Caucalide à fruits larges (fr), Caucalis à fruits larges (fr), Caucalide à fruits aplatis (fr), Caucalide à feuilles de carotte (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Caucalis

Characteristics

Much-branched annual up to 0.4 m tall. Leaves 2-3-pinnate, 15-70 mm long, ultimate segments linear, 2-4 x 1-1.5 mm. Flowers in compound umbels with 2-5 rays. Bracts 0-3, linear; bracteoles 2-3, linear. Calyx lobes triangular. Petals white, or flushed with pink. Styles short. Stylopodia low-conical. Fruits oblong-ellipsoid, spiny; commissure broad. Carpophores bifurcated. Ribs-primary indistinct; secondary very prominent, swollen, with uncinate-aculeate spines up to 3 mm long. Rib oil ducts obsolete. Vittae 6, small. Crystals absent (?). Seeds deeply sulcate below the commissure.
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Annual herb, 0.3-0.6 m high. Leaves 2-or 3-pinnate; pinnae finely divided, the ultimate lobes/segments < 2 mm wide. Inflorescences: umbels are pseudanthia, with outer petals much larger than others; bracteoles caducous, < 2 mm wide. Petals white or pink. Flowering time Nov., Dec. Fruit 9-11 mm long, with uncinate-aculeate processes (hook-tipped spines); slightly laterally compressed, outline elliptic in lateral view.
A herb.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread epizoochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.4
Root system -
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Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Arable fields and waste places, especially on chalky soils.
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It is a temperate plant.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-9
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-10

Usage

The seeds are milled and mixed with wheat flour for bread.
Uses -
Edible leaves seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

Leaf

Caucalis platycarpos leaf picture by Sánchez Dàlia (cc-by-sa)
Caucalis platycarpos leaf picture by Herve Meynier (cc-by-sa)
Caucalis platycarpos leaf picture by Ferdinand Pispisa (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Caucalis platycarpos flower picture by Vito Vito (cc-by-sa)
Caucalis platycarpos flower picture by Sol Mattje (cc-by-sa)
Caucalis platycarpos flower picture by smart74 (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Caucalis platycarpos fruit picture by Francois Mansour (cc-by-sa)
Caucalis platycarpos fruit picture by David Atman (cc-by-sa)
Caucalis platycarpos fruit picture by Sebastian Gardt (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Caucalis platycarpos world distribution map, present in France, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Ukraine, United States of America, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:839978-1
WFO ID wfo-0000591123
COL ID RWQM
BDTFX ID 14897
INPN ID 89415
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Orlaya platycarpos Caucalis platycarpos Daucus caucalis Daucus platycarpos Ageomoron royenii Caucalis lappula Caucalis latifolia Caucalis linearifolia Caucalis tenuifolia Conium royenii Daucus lappula Caucalis maritima Caucalis queralti Caucalis royenii Daucus royenii Caucalis platycarpos var. muricata Caucalis daucoides var. muricata Caucalis platycarpos subsp. muricata

Lower taxons

Caucalis platycarpos subsp. bischoffii
WorldFloraDB 2024