OENANTHE PIMPINELLOIDES subsp PIMPINELLOIDES

Including:- Subsp. incrassans,

Distinguished from Subsp. pimpinelloides by;-

1) Swollen fruiting rays.

2) And a generally more robust habit.

Family and Genus:- See- UMBELLIFERAE

Common Names:- Corky-fruited water-dropwort

Homotypic Synonyms:- None

Meaning:- Oenanthe (Gr) Wine-fragrant-flower.

Pimpinelloides (L) Resembling pimpinella.

General description:- Glabrous, sparingly branched perennial.

Stem:-

1) Up to 100 cm. solid, angular or grooved, with many, small tubers.

Leaves:-

1) Basal, 2-pinnate with ultimate segments ovate, incised-crenate.

2) Cauline, 1- or 2-pinnate with the ultimate segments linear.

Flower:-

1) Umbels, with 6-15 rays, without bracts, creamy-coloured.

3) Peduncle, longer than the rays.

4) Rays, 6-15, thickened in fruit.

5) Pedicels, thickened in fruit.

6) Styles, erect, almost as long as the fruit.

Fruit:-

1) 2.5-4 mm, cylindrical;

Key features:-

1) Rays and pedicels, thickened in fruit.

2) Lobes, of basal leaves incised-crenate;

3) Stem, solid.

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Habitat:- Marshy habitats. damp localities of montane and submontane zones. 0-

1200 m.

Distribution:- S Europe and SW Asia. Limited distribution on Crete.

Flowering time:- (Apr-)May-June(-July).

Photos by:- Steve Lenton