Pimpinella cypria | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Apiales |
Family: | Apiaceae |
Genus: | Pimpinella |
Species: | P. cypria |
Binomial name | |
Pimpinella cypria Boiss. |
Pimpinella cypria, common name Cyprus burnet-saxifrage and locally Kıbrıs Pimpinela, is a herbaceous perennial plant belonging to the family Apiaceae.
Description
Pimpinella cypria is an erect soft-haired perennial to 70 cm with stout woody rootstock clad in old leaf-sheaths; stems furrowed; basal leaves pinnate with 3-5 oval blunt-toothed and lobed segments to 4 cm long; stem leaves few, similar or with narrow divisions; umbels terminal, in a loose panicle, with 6-14 rays; flowers many in each umbellule, the petals dirty white unequally 2-lobed, about 1 mm. Fruit narrowly oval, 4 mm. Flowers from April to May.
Habitat
Limestone fissures in many north-facing shady spots.
Distribution
In the Kyrenia Range from Kornos to Yaila and near Eptakomi. Endemic to North Cyprus.
References
- An Illustrated Flora of North Cyprus by D. E. Viney, Published by Koeltz Scientific Books, Konigstein, Germany, 1994, ISBN 3-87429-364-5
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Taxon identifiers | |
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Pimpinella cypria |