Torilis africana Spreng./Heterotypic Synonyms: Torilis heterophylla Guss., Torilis arvensis ssp. heterophylla (Guss.) Thell., it is an annual herb. erect, 20-50 cm tall with basally branched, sparely retrorsely hairy, thinly sulcate stem. Leaves heteromorphic, basal and lower cauline Leaves deltoid, 2-3-pinnalisect into narrowly oblong or ovate, lobed or sharply serrate ultimate segments, upper and terminal leaves ternatisect into linear, sharply serrate, long acuminate 2-10 mm broad, ultimate segments or undivided. Umbels 2-3 (-4) rayed, on 4-10 cm long, terminal and leaf-opposed appressed bristly peduncles; rays unequal, 5-30 mm long. Bracts absent or single. Umbellules 5-8-flowerd, Pedicels 2-5 (-8) mm long, appressed bristly. Bracteoles 3-5, linear-subulate, as long as pedicels, acuminate, appressed hairy. Petals obovate, unequal, mostly pink, hardly radiating, deeply emarginate. Styles as long as the stylopodium. Fruit ovoid-oblong, 3-5 mm long; mericarps ± heteromorphic, the outer being densely covered., with long, patent scabrid-glachidiatc prickles, the inner with scabrous, very short bristles or spines.
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