Torilis nodosa, (L.) Gaertner

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 371

1. T. nodosa (L.) Gaertner , Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 82 (1788).

Annual up to 50 cm, usually procumbent. Leaves 1- to 2-pinnate, with deeply pinnatifid segments. Umbels sessile to shortly pedunculate, leaf-opposed; rays very short, generally concealed by the flowers or fruit, giving the umbels a capitate appearance. Bracts absent; bracteoles exceeding the subsessile flowers. Petals pinkish-white. Fruit 2-3 mm; outer mericarp with straight, patent spines, the inner with tubercles. 2n=22. S. & W. Europe; naturalized in C. Europe. Al Be BI Br Bu Co Cr Ga G r Hb Ho Hs It Ju Lu Rm Rs (K) Sa Si Tu [Au Cz Ge He].