Peucedanum cervaria (L.) Lapeyr.

Cervaire de Rivinus (fr), Herbe-aux-cerfs (fr), Peucédan des cerfs (fr), Peucédan herbe-aux-cerfs (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Peucedanum

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous herb. It grows 1.5m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread anemochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.5
Root system fibrous-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Not known
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 6-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Abdomen (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Dropsy (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Malaria (unspecified), Stomach (unspecified), Tumor(Larynx) (unspecified), Emmenagogue (unspecified), Gout (unspecified)
Human toxicity phototoxic (whole)
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -23
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Peucedanum cervaria leaf picture by Yoan MARTIN (cc-by-sa)
Peucedanum cervaria leaf picture by Yoan MARTIN (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Peucedanum cervaria fruit picture by Yoan MARTIN (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Peucedanum cervaria world distribution map, present in Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Algeria, Spain, France, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Moldova (Republic of), North Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:846004-1
WFO ID wfo-0000391587
COL ID 4FF6P
BDTFX ID 48459
INPN ID 112844
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Ligusticum cervaria Peucedanum cervaria Oreoselinum elaphoboscum Cervaria glauca Cervaria laevis Selinum imperatorioides Selinum spinulifolia Peucedanum glaucifolium Peucedanum angustifolium Selinum cervaria Selinum glaucum Athamanta cervaria Athamanta decussata Athamanta latifolia Angelica angustifolia Cervaria angustifolia Cervaria nigra Cervaria rigida Cervaria rivini Imperatoria angustifolia Peucedanum glaucum Oreoselinum minus Oreoselis cervaria Peucedanum crassifolium Peucedanon cervarium