Pimpinella neglecta C.Norman

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Pimpinella

Characteristics

Umbels terminal and lateral; rays 3–7, 1·5–7 cm. long, relatively robust; bracts and bracteoles 0; partial umbels with 5–7 flowers with pedicels 5–15 mm. long.
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Stylopodium low-conical; styles 1 mm. long, only slightly clubbed at the apex, slightly divergent and becoming reflexed with maturity.
Sinuous, wiry, glabrous perennial or biennial herb up to 45 cm., with a large elongate or subglobular taproot.
Stem leaves much reduced to prominently toothed appendages, the uppermost to sheathing bases alone.
Carpophore probably 2-cleft (other structural details of fruit not known in mature state).
Lamina emarginate to cordate at the base, apex rounded, margin dentate to denticulate.
Basal leaves with petioles up to 5 cm., with large membranous sheathing bases.
Fruit 3 × 1·5 mm., ovoid, somewhat laterally compressed, ribs filiform.
Calyx teeth obsolete; petals distinctly yellow, with incurved apices.
Stems terete, with few grooves.
Life form
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Pimpinella neglecta world distribution map, present in Zambia and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:846926-1
WFO ID wfo-0000391420
COL ID 4HX56
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Synonyms

Pimpinella neglecta