Cachrys sicula, L.

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 : 343

1. C. sicula L. , Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 355 (1762)

( Hippomarathrum pterochlaenum Boiss.).

Erect, slightly scabrid, glaucescent perennial 30-150 cm. Stem solid, striate; branches opposite or whorled. Leaves 2- to 3-pinnate, broadly rhombic- or triangularovate in outline; lobes 15-50 x 1-1-5 mm, linear, often flaccid, mucronate, scabrid on the margin. Rays 20-30. Bracts of central umbel (l-)2-pinnatifid; bracteoles subulate, entire. Fruit 10- 15 mm; ridges prominent, wide and rounded, more or less dentate-cristate. S. part of W. Mediterranean region, extending to C. & S. Portugal. Hs It Lu Sa Si.