Scandix stellata, Banks & Solander

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. S. stellata Banks & Solander in A. Russell, Nat. Hist. Aleppo ed. 2, 2: 249 (1794)

[ S. pinnatifida Vent. ).

Up to 30 cm, slender. Leaves 1- to 3-pinnate, with narrowly linear lobes. Rays 1-3. Bracts absent or 1, like the leaves; bracteoles obviously pinnate, without a distinct membranous margin. Outer petals scarcely radiate. Beak of fruit 1-5-3 times as long as the seed-bearing part, strongly compressed dorsally. S. Spain; S. Jugoslavia and N.E. Greece; Krym. G r Hs Ju Rs (K).