Apulian Zirmet

Apulian Zirmet
	Apulian Zirmet ( Tordylium apulum )
Systematics
	Asterids
	Euasterids II
Order :	Umbelliferae (Apiales)
Family :	Umbelliferae (Apiaceae)
Genre :	Tordylium
Type :	Apulian Zirmet
Scientific name
	Tordylium apulum
	L.

inflorescence

Fruit cluster

Apulian Zirmet ( Tordylium apulum ) is a species of the umbelliferae family (Apiaceae).

features

Apulian Zirmet is an annual plant that reaches heights of 20 to 60 centimeters. It is more or less absent-mindedly downy-haired. The stem is upright, its base is dense, soft and hairy. The leaves are simply pinnate. The pinnate sections of the lower leaves are ovate and deeply notched, those of the upper ones linear and entire.

The flower umbel is 3 to 8-rayed. The bracts and bracts are subpulate, short and stiffly ciliate. The sepals often have different lengths. The flowers are colored white. Individuals (mostly only 4 to 6) of the marginal flowers of the Döldchen each have a conspicuously enlarged, deep two-lobed and 4 to 6 millimeter long petal , so they are "radiant" and stronger than Heracleum . The fruit is round, 5 to 8 millimeters long, disc-shaped, conspicuous and softly blistered with hair, its edge is notched and whitish.

The flowering period extends from April to July.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 20.

Occurrence

Apulian Zirmet occurs in the entire Mediterranean area with the exception of Morocco and Mallorca. The species grows on dry cultivated and fallow land.

Taxonomy

The Apulian Zirmet was first described by Carl von Linné in Sp. Pl .: 239, 1753.

literature

Ehrentraud Bayer, Karl Peter Buttler, Xaver Finkenzeller, Jürke Grau: Plants of the Mediterranean (= Steinbach's natural guide . Volume 17 ). Mosaik, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-570-01347-2 .

Individual evidence

↑ Tordylium apulum at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
↑ ^a ^b R. Hand (2011): Apiaceae. - In: Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Datasheet Tordylium

Web links

Commons : Tordylium apulum - collection of images, videos and audio files

Pictures of the species at Stephen Mifsud: MaltaWildPlants.com .
Thomas Meyer, Michael Hassler: Mediterranean and Alpine flora. [1]

[IPCN-1] Tordylium apulum at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis

[Euro+Med-2] R. Hand (2011): Apiaceae. - In: Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Datasheet Tordylium