Athamanta 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 : 340

37. Athamanta L. 1

Leaves 2- to 5-pinnate, with narrow lobes. Sepals small. Petals white or perhaps rarely yellow, emarginate or 2-lobed, sometimes pubescent beneath or ciliate; apex inflexed, long. Fruit oblong- ovoid to ovoid, scarcely compressed, pubescent, narrowed to a short beak. Ridges low; vittae 1 -2.

1 Leaf-lobes ovate to rhombic 2 Each half of stylopodium about twice as long as wide; fruit with conspicuous, pubescent ridges, almost or quite glab­ rous between them 1. macedonica 2 Each half of stylopodium wider than long; fruit with incon­ spicuous ridges, densely pubescent all over 2. sicula 1 Leaf-lobes linear or linear-oblong

3 Hairs on rays straight, shorter than the diameter of the ray

3. turbith

3 Hairsonraysflexuous,at leastas longas the diameterof the ray

4 Stems simple or with few branches; rays 5-15(-36) 4. cretensis

4 Stems freely branched, the umbels forming a dense panicle; rays 15—35

5 Stem 20-40 cm; lateral umbels not overtopping the terminal one; rays 20-35 5. densa

5 Stem 3-10 cm; lateral umbels overtopping the terminal one; rays 15-20 6. cortiana