Myrrhis odorata, (L.) Scop.

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 : 327

1. M. odorata (L.) Scop. , FI. Cam. ed. 2, 1: 207 (1772).

Puberulent, strongly aromatic perennial up to 200 cm. Leaf-lobes oblong-lanceolate, deeply dentate; sheaths conspicuous. Rays 4-20. Bracts usually absent; bracteoles several. Some partial umbels bearing male flowers only, the peduncles of these shorter and more slender than those of the hermaphrodite umbels. Fruit 15-25 mm, scabrid with bristly hairs especially near the top, dark shiny brown when mature. Alps, Pyrenees, Appennini , mountains of W. part of Balkan peninsula; cultivatedfor flavouring and for fodder, and widely naturalized elsewhere. Al Au Ga *Ge He Hs It Ju [Be Br Cz Da Fe Hb Ho Is No Po Rs (N, B, W) Su].