DAUCUS INVOLUCRATUS

Family and Genus:- See- UMBELLIFERAE/Sect. DAUCUS

Common Names:- None

Homotypic Synonyms:- None

Meaning:- Daucus (L) Latin name for carrot.

Involucratus (Gr) Surrounded with bracts, involucrate.

General description:- Slender, sparingly branched annual.

Stems:-

1) Up to 30 cm, shorter than the peduncles, subglabrous or sparsely setulose.

Leaves:-

1) 1- to 2-pinnate, segments divided into oblong-lanceolate lobes.

Flowers:-

1) Rays, 3-4, short.

2) Peduncles, long, suberect.

3) Bracts, usually longer than the rays, not deflexed, pinnatisect.

a) bracteoles, entire.

4) Petals, less than 1 mm, white or purplish.

Fruit:-

1) 3-4.5 mm; secondary ridges with long, slender spines confluent at the base to

form a narrow wing.

Key features:-

1) Secondary ridges, with long, slender spines.

2) Rays, 3-4; the

3) Petals, less than 1 mm.

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Habitat:- Coastal habitats, (sand dunes, gravelly shores, etc.), dry pastures, dry

open shrubby vegetation, open pinewood. 0-900(-1400) m.

Distribution:- E and S Greece and Aegean region SW Asia. Widespread and

common on Crete.

Flowering time:- Apr-July.

Photos by:- Fotis Samaritakis