Family |
Apiaceae
Torilis arvensis subsp. neglecta
(Schult.) Thell.
Torilis arvensis subsp. neglecta (Schult.) Thell.
First published in G.Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 5: 1055 (1926).
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 2, p. 591, Pl. CCLX, 3)
Description
Synonyms: Torilis neglecta Schult.; Torilis radiata Moench; Torilis syriaca Boiss. & C.I.Blanche.
Life-form & habit: Annual with erect or ascending, branched stems 50–80 cm tall, bearing scattered bristles.
Leaves: Bipinnatisect, with relatively large, blunt or slightly pointed segments.
Inflorescence & flowers: Long-stalked umbels with 5–12, commonly 6–9, rays. The outer petals are radiating and about twice as long as the ovary.
Fruit: Oval, with spreading, rough, barbed spines; on part of the surface the spines may be very short or reduced to pointed tubercles. Styles 3–6 times as long as the stylopodium.
Flowering and habitat
Phenology: June–September.
Habitat & elevation: Shady or grassy places; described as common by Mouterde.
Distribution
Lebanese distribution: Saida, Beirut, Antelias, Nahr el Kelb, Tripoli, Ain Anoub, Jbaa, Falougha, Bcharre, Dimane, between Ban and Haouka, Taanail, Qabbelias and Zahle.
Syrian distribution: Tartous, Nahr Sene, Lattaquie, near Salkine, Damascus, the Ghouta, Qanaouat and north of Deirik.
Recorded locations: Bqaatouta.
Native range: Afghanistan, Algeria, Austria, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, East Aegean Is., Egypt, France, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Lebanon-Syria, Madeira, Morocco, NW. Balkan Pen., Palestine, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Türkiye and Türkiye-in-Europe.
Introduced into: Germany.
⚠️ Taxonomic note:
Mouterde describes this plant as Torilis radiata Moench. Kew places that name, together with T. neglecta and T. syriaca, in Torilis arvensis subsp. neglecta.