Family |
Apiaceae
Smyrnium connatum
Boiss. & Kotschy
Smyrnium connatum Boiss. & Kotschy
First published in F.J.A.Unger & C.G.T.Kotschy, Ins. Cypern: 309 (1865).
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 2, pp. 614–615, Pl. CCLXXVIII, 3; 1970)
Description
Life-form & habit: Hairless biennial reaching 2 m, with a cylindrical stem and opposite upper branches forming a broad cluster.
Leaves: Large basal leaves are divided two or three times into ovate, slightly heart-shaped, bluntly toothed segments. The highest leaves unite into a single ovate blade around the stem, with entire or scalloped-toothed margins.
Inflorescence & flowers: Umbels have fifteen to twenty rays and lack both an involucre and involucels.
Fruit: Relatively large fruit with rounded halves and nearly effaced ribs; the downward-bent styles are longer than their short, conical bases.
Flowering and habitat
Phenology: Flowering March–May.
Habitat & elevation: Rocks and woodland.
Distribution
Lebanese distribution: Sands of Nahr Beirut, above Aramoun, Raachine, Afqa, Hadeth cedars, Hasroun, Aqoura, Qozhaya, Wadi el Arayech, Zahle, Ibl es Saki, Hasbaya and Kfertay.
Syrian distribution: Jeble, north of Kessab, Babeska, El Arami in the Ghab, Ain Khadra and Wadi el Qarn.
Native range: Cyprus, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Türkiye.