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Turgenia latifolia Hoffm.

Broadleaf false carrot (en), Caucalis à feuilles larges (fr), Turgénie à feuilles larges (fr), Turgénie à larges feuilles (fr), Tordyle à feuilles larges (fr), Caucalide à feuilles larges (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Turgenia

Characteristics

Annual herb, up to 0.6 m high. Leaves pinnate; segments narrowly ovate to oblong, serrate or pinnatifid, pubescent to hispid beneath, margins often ciliate. Inflorescences: umbels long-pedunculate, rays 2-5, hispid. Involucral bracts (2)3-5. Umbellules are pseudanthia; raylets short; bracteoles 5-7, ovate-lanceolate to oblong, > 2 mm wide, with wide scarious margins. Petals ± 5 mm, white, pink or purplish, 1 or 2 distinctly larger, directed toward umbellule margin, radiating. Flowering time Sept. Fruit 6-10 x 7 mm, with barbed processes (spines); laterally compressed, outline elliptic to broadly elliptic in lateral view, oblong in dorsal view.
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Plants 20–40(–50) cm high. Leaf petiole to 5 cm; blade ovate-oblong, 4–10 × 2.5–5 cm; pinnae 1–2.5 × 0.5–1 cm. Peduncles stout, 6–9 cm; bracts (3–)4–5, lanceolate, 5–12 mm, margin white-scarious; rays 2–5, 3–4 cm; bracteoles ca. 5, ovate, 5–8 mm, margin white-scarious. Umbellules comprise 3–4 bisexual and 3–4 staminate flowers. Fruit ca. 10 × 5 mm. Fl. Jul, fr. Aug.
A herb.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread epizoochory
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Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.4
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OctNovDec
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AprMayJun
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OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
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Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Images

Leaf

Turgenia latifolia leaf picture by Benito Soto Fernando (cc-by-sa)
Turgenia latifolia leaf picture by jannes yacef (cc-by-sa)
Turgenia latifolia leaf picture by Lasuen Dicen (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Turgenia latifolia flower picture by Qi Tian (cc-by-sa)
Turgenia latifolia flower picture by Benito Soto Fernando (cc-by-sa)
Turgenia latifolia flower picture by Boualem Felfoul (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Turgenia latifolia fruit picture by Boualem Felfoul (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Turgenia latifolia world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus, Switzerland, China, Cyprus, Germany, Algeria, Spain, Estonia, France, Georgia, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Luxembourg, Morocco, Moldova (Republic of), North Macedonia, Montenegro, Pakistan, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America, Uzbekistan, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:849900-1
WFO ID wfo-0000411232
COL ID 59PPD
BDTFX ID 70059
INPN ID 127988
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Turgenia multiflora Turgenia tuberculata Tordylium latifolium Turgenia brachyacantha Caucalis latifolia Daucus turgenia Daucus latifolia Caucalis latifolia var. megalocarpa Caucalis latifolia var. tuberculata Turgenia latifolia var. tuberculata Caucalis latifolia var. multiflora Turgenia latifolia
WorldFloraDB 2024