''Laserpitium latifolium'', common name broad-leaved sermountain, is an

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plant in the genus '' Laserpitium'' of the family

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Description

''Laserpitium latifolium'' reaches on average of height. The inflorescence has a diameter of . The stem is green-grayish, round, erect and lightly grooved, branched on the top. Leaves are quite large, biternate and petiolated, with a prominent central rib. Leaflets are ovate or heart-shaped and toothed. The leaves are 3–10 cm long and 2–6 cm wide. Flowers are white, clustered in unbrels of 25–40 rays. The diameter of umbels reaches . The flowering season is from May to August. Fruits are oblong and flattened, long.

Distribution

It is widespread in most of

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. It has been introduced in

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Habitat

It grows in mountain dry forests, on grassy slopes, on the sunny edges of woods or in meadows. It prefers calcareous soils and a nutrient-rich substrate, at an altitude of above sea level.

Gallery

File:Laserpitium latifolium Sturm32.jpg, ''Laserpitium latifolium'' - Figure from Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen File:Apiaceae - Laserpitium latifolium-3.JPG, Close-up on flowers of ''Laserpitium latifolium'' File:Laserpitium latifolium3.jpg, Flowers of ''Laserpitium latifolium'' File:Apiaceae - Laserpitium latifolium.JPG, Leaves of 'Laserpitium latifolium''

References

* Pignatti S. - Flora d'Italia - Edagricole – 1982 * Tutin, T.G. et al. - Flora Europaea, second edition - 1993

External links

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Laserpitium latifolium

Laserpitium latifolium
{{Taxonbar, from=Q905980 Apioideae Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus