Glehnia F.Schmidt

Silvertop (en)

Genus

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae

Characteristics

Herbs, perennial, white-pubescent throughout. Stem strongly shortened, branched. Leaves long-petiolate, sheathing at base; blade 1–2-ternate. Umbels compound, terminal and lateral, crowded; bracts absent; rays unequal; bracteoles several, lanceolate; umbellules subcapitate; pedicels inconspicuous. Calyx teeth minute, ovate-lanceolate. Petals white or purple-red, obovate-lanceolate, hairy abaxially, apex incurved. Stylopodium short-conic. Fruit obovoid to subglobose, slightly flattened dorsally, densely hirsute and velutinous; ribs all corky-winged, equal or lateral ribs slightly broader than the dorsal; vittae 1–3 in each furrow, 2–6 on commissure. Seed face subplane. Carpophore 2-cleft.
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

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Images

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Distribution

Glehnia world distribution map, present in China and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:40029-1
WFO ID wfo-4000015734
COL ID 4NVS
BDTFX ID 102006
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Synonyms

Glehnia Phellopterus

Lower taxons

Glehnia littoralis