Biology:Cnidium cnidiifolium

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Cnidium cnidiifolium
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Cnidium
Species:
C. cnidiifolium
Binomial name
Cnidium cnidiifolium
(Turcz.) Schischk.
Synonyms

Conioselinum cnidiifolium

Cnidium cnidiifolium is a species of flowering plant in the parsley family, Apiaceae. Its common names include northern hemlock-parsley[1] and Jakutsk snowparsley, after the Russian town Jakutsk. It is native to Russia , Alaska, and the Northwest Territories, Yukon, and British Columbia in Canada .[1]

Light purple to white umbels bloom from late June to August, each with five lanceolate bracts. The fruits are ovate. The lower leaves are glabrous, bi- to tripinnate, and borne on petioles, while the upper leaves are nearly sessile to sessile. The stems are split at the caudex and are up to 60 centimeters tall.

This species grows in wet areas such as meadows and riverbanks, and on gravelly slopes.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Cnidium cnidiifolium | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = 25 January 2018 }}
  2. Cnidium cnidiifolium.[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}] NatureServe. 2013.

Further reading

  • Hultén, E. Flora of Alaska and Neighboring Territories. 1968.

Wikidata ☰ Q5137370 entry