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Cyclospermum leptophyllum (Pers.) Sprague ex Britton & P.Wilson

Marsh parsley (en), Cyclosperme à feuilles grêles (fr), Pimpinelle à feuilles minces (fr), Ache à feuilles minces (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Cyclospermum

Characteristics

Annual herb with ramified, glabrous, slender branches. Leaves pinnate or bipinnate, sparsely divided, with acicular segments. Flowers in compound umbels, with short rays and pedicels. Bracts entire, acicular; bracteoles entire. Calyx lobes triangular. Petals white, sometimes flushed pink. Styles short, divergent. Stylopodia low-conical. Fruits transversely oblong (wider than long), glabrous, markedly ribbed; commissure narrow. Carpophores bifid. Ribs very prominent, obtuse. Rib oil ducts 5, small, invariably present. Vittae 6, small. Crystals absent (?). Seeds slightly pentagonal, slightly flattened on the commissural face.
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Glabrous, annual herb, 0.2-1.2 m high. Leaves 3-or 4-pinnate, with many filiform segments. Flowers in compound umbels, sessile to pedunculate; involucels absent. Calyx teeth obsolete. Petals white or pale pink. Styles very short. Flowering time Oct.-June. Fruit broadly ellipsoid to almost round, slightly laterally compressed, 1.251.75 mm long; mericarps each with 5 strongly protuberant, broad, pale longitudinal ribs; vittae minute, in furrows and 2 on face.
Annual herb. Flowering stems up to 0.6 m high; erect. Leaves radical and cauline, compound; blade 3-or 4-pinnate, divided into many linear-filiform segments. Flowers: involucral bracts 0; white; Jun.-Jan.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 0.6
Root system tap-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Wet to dry thickets or fields, frequently in pine-oak forest, often in waste or cultivated ground; at elevations from 900-2,300 metres. Ditches and low areas, disturbed sites, in Texas. A weed of cultivation and waste places.
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Wet to dry thickets or fields, frequently in pine-oak forest, often in waste or cultivated ground; at elevations from 900-2,300 metres. Ditches and low areas, disturbed sites, in Texas. A weed of cultivation and waste places.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 2-8
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use essential oil medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Anti-bacterial agents (leaf), Antifungal agents (leaf), Anti-bacterial agents (seed), Antifungal agents (seed), Antifungal agents (unspecified), Antirheumatic agents (unspecified), Asthma (unspecified), Bronchitis (unspecified), Liver diseases (unspecified), Psoriasis (unspecified), Splenic diseases (unspecified), Flatulence (whole plant)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Cyclospermum leptophyllum habit picture by Carrard Matheus (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Cyclospermum leptophyllum leaf picture by Kenji Liu (cc-by-sa)
Cyclospermum leptophyllum leaf picture by Flor Alex (cc-by-sa)
Cyclospermum leptophyllum leaf picture by aria salan (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Cyclospermum leptophyllum flower picture by Kenji Liu (cc-by-sa)
Cyclospermum leptophyllum flower picture by Flor Alex (cc-by-sa)
Cyclospermum leptophyllum flower picture by aria salan (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Cyclospermum leptophyllum world distribution map, present in Angola, Albania, Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Barbados, Botswana, Chile, China, Cook Islands, Colombia, Cabo Verde, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Spain, Fiji, Georgia, Guadeloupe, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Croatia, Haiti, India, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Libya, Sri Lanka, Lesotho, Mexico, Myanmar, Martinique, Mauritius, Namibia, Nicaragua, Niue, New Zealand, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Puerto Rico, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Portugal, Paraguay, Réunion, El Salvador, eSwatini, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tonga, Turkey, Taiwan, Province of China, Uruguay, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1214728-2
WFO ID wfo-0000632147
COL ID 32XSX
BDTFX ID 74652
INPN ID 93724
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Apium ammi f. nanum Sison ranunculifolium Aethusa leptophylla Ptychotis leptophylla Pimpinella leptophylla Cyclospermum ammi Selinum leptophyllum Apium andinum Apium rivulare Apium depressum Apium leptophyllum Apium tenuifolium Apium wolffianum Cnidium tenuifolium Helosciadium leptophyllum Pimpinella domingensis Helosciadium ranunculifolium Seseli ammi Oreosciadium andinum Apium ammi var. caespitosum Apium ammi var. leptophyllum Apium leptophyllum var. dubium Apium leptophyllum var. multisectum Apium ammi var. filamentosum Apium ammi f. pedunculata Apium ammi f. filamentosum Cyclospermum leptophyllum var. leptophyllum Helosciadium leptophyllum var. latifolium Cyclospermum leptophyllum

Lower taxons

Cyclospermum leptophyllum var. latisectum Cyclospermum leptophyllum var. multisectum
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