Family |
Apiaceae
Pimpinella peregrina
L.
Pimpinella peregrina L.
First published in Sp. Pl.: 264 (1753).
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 2, p. 607, Pl. CCLXXII, 1; 1970)
Description
Life-form & habit: Roughly hairy biennial with a tall stem, 1–2 m, bearing backward-pointing hairs and branching near the top.
Leaves: Lowest leaves are divided into three or four pairs of wedge-based or heart-based, wavy-toothed segments, with a three-lobed terminal segment. Upper leaves are divided into narrow lanceolate or linear strips.
Inflorescence & flowers: Umbels have numerous rays that contract after flowering.
Fruit: Short, ovoid fruit with long, spreading bristles and elongated, diverging conical style bases tapering into long, upright styles.
Flowering and habitat
Phenology: Flowering April–July.
Habitat & elevation: Hedges, scrub and grassy places.
Distribution
Lebanese distribution: Saida and its hills, Beirut, Nahr Beirut, Qalmoun, Tripoli, near Bsarma, Khirbet Besri, Bikfaya, Faraya, below Aley, Bchetfine, east of Douma, Jamhour, Ban, Hasroun, Dimane, Qoubbayat, above Chtaura and Kfertay.
Syrian distribution: Latakia, Harim, Sarmada, the Aleppo–Latakia road, Raboue and Zabadani.
Native range: Albania, Bulgaria, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., France, Greece, Italy, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, NW. Balkan Pen., Palestine, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Uzbekistan.
Introduced into: Czechia-Slovakia, Germany, Ireland, Sweden.