Cachrys sicula L.

Family: Apiaceae
Flowering Time: Dec.

General Appearance

Cachrys sicula L., it is a perennial herb, 30-150 cm tall. erect, slightly scabrid, glaucescenl; stem solid, striate; branches opposite or whorled. Leaves 2-3-pinnates, broadly rhombic or triangular-ovate in outline; ultimate segments linear, often flaccid. 15-50 x 1-1.5 mm, mucronate, scabrid on the margins. Rays 20-30; bracts of central umbel (1-) 2 pinnatifid; bracteoles subulate, entire. Fruits 10-15 mm long; ridges prominent, wide and rounded, ± cristate-dentate.

Life Form

Ch

Phytochoria

MED. The native range of this species is W. & Central Medit.

Distribution in Libya

Zliten-Misurata Plain:

Reported from Misurata by Pampanini & Keith

Jabal Nafusa:

Reported from Tarhuna by Pampanini  & Keith

 

First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan:

Jafri, S. M. H. & El-Gadi, A. (1978) Flora of Libya, Anacardiaceae Vol. (52) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya.

Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest:

PAMPANINI, R. (1914). Piantae Tripolitanae, ab auctore anno 1913 lectae et repertorium florae vascularis Tripolitaniae – Firenze: 165 – under: Hippomarathrum siculum (L.) Hoffmanns. & Link

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