Pimpinella kassneri (H.Wolff) J.F.Cannon

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Pimpinella

Characteristics

Inflorescence much branched, with terminal and lateral umbels. Primary umbels with 4–6 ± regular rays 1·5–4 cm. long; bracts and bracteoles 0. Partial umbels with 5–12 flowers on pedicels 3–5 mm. long.
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Lobes of ternate leaves 2–6 cm. long, linear to irregularly elliptic or oblanceolate; apices obtuse, bases narrowly cuneate, margins ± regularly serrate to irregularly dentate with remote teeth.
Fruit probably 2 × 1·5 mm. when mature, ovoid, densely covered with obtuse vesicular hairs which obscure the ribs and other features of the fruit.
Stylopodium depressed to low-conical, characteristically purple-pigmented; styles spreading, with slightly clubbed stigmatic surfaces.
Basal leaves ternate to partially 2-ternate, rarely with simple shortly trullate lamina and regularly dentate margins.
Stem leaves reduced and confined to bases with minute linear appendages on the inflorescence.
Carpophore unknown; vittae single in the intervals and 2 on the commissural face.
Petioles 5–15 cm. long, with moderately well-developed sheathing bases.
Petals white to pale yellow-cream, with distinctly inturned apex.
Biennial herb c. 1 m. tall, with a narrow fleshy taproot.
Stems terete and finely grooved.
Life form biennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system tap-root
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Pimpinella kassneri world distribution map, present in Mozambique, Malawi, and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:846857-1
WFO ID wfo-0000391356
COL ID 4HX33
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Synonyms

Physotrichia kassneri Pimpinella kassneri