LECOKIA CRETICA

Family and Genus:- See- UMBELLIFERAE

Common Names:- None

Homotypic Synonyms:- Scandix latifolia, Cachrys cretica.

Meaning:- Lecokia. Meaning unknown.

Cretica (L) Cretan, from Crete.

General description:- Glabrous perennial with thick, fusiform roots.

Stems:-

1) 40-90 cm tall, terete, solid, sparingly branched.

Leaves:-

1) 1- or 2-pinnate, ultimate segments, 3-8 cm, oblong-elliptical, serrate.

Flower:-

1) Umbels, with 6-10 subequal, rays and with a single bract or none.

2) Bractlets, few, subulate.

3) Petals, white.

4) Sepals, small.

5) Styles, erect.

Fruit:-

1) 10-12 mm, slightly compressed laterally, ellipsoid to narrowly ovoid, brown,

ridged, covered with hooked spines and crowned.

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Habitat:- Deciduous woodland and damp, shady and rocky places by streams and

in gorges. 100-1500.

Distribution:- Rare in the Aegean region. - Scattered throughout Anatolia to

Cyprus, W Syria, Lebanon and N Iran. Limited distribution on Crete mainly around

the four main massifs.

Flowering time:- (Feb-)Mar-Apr.

Photos by:- Steve Lenton