''Peucedanum cervaria'' is a
herbaceous
Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground. This broad category of plants includes many perennials, and nearly all annuals and biennials.
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plant in the genus ''
Peucedanum'' belonging to the carrot family
Apiaceae.
Description
''Peucedanum cervaria'' reaches on average in height, with a maximum of . The stems are cylindrical, glabrous and erect. They are more or less branched and the leaves are slightly blue-green and two to three times
pinnatifid
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. The large umbels have 9 to 30 rays bearing small white flowers. The flowering period extends from July through September in their native habitat.
This plant has its overwintering buds situated just below the soil surface (
hemicryptophyte) and an almost leafless stalk growing directly from the ground (
scapose
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). The fruits are oval, about 4 to 6 mm long and 3 to 4 mm wide, with narrow marginal ridges.
Distribution
This plant is a sub-Mediterranean species widespread in southern and central Europe, from Spain, Italy and the Balkan Peninsula up to central Russia.
[Tutin, T.G. et al. - Flora Europaea, second edition - 199]
Peucedanum
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Habitat
''Peucedanum cervaria'' grows singly or in loose groups on light-rich, chalky, dry places, occasionally in semi-arid grassland, at an altitude of above sea level.
Gallery
File:Apiaceae - Peucedanum cervaria-1.JPG, Close-up of flowers of ''Peucedanum cervaria''
File:Peucedanum cervaria Sturm27.jpg, Image from Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen, 1796
File:Peucedanum cervaria eF.jpg, Plant of ''Peucedanum cervaria''
File:Apiaceae - Peucedanum cervaria-2.JPG, Umbel of ''Peucedanum cervaria'', lateral view
File:Apiaceae - Peucedanum cervaria.JPG, Leaves of ''Peucedanum cervaria''
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Flora
cervaria
''Cervaria'' is a monotypic moth genus belonging to the family Tineidae. It contains only one species, ''Cervaria xylinella'', which is found in India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the ...
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