Falcaria vulgaris (Bernh) Longleaf
NOMENCLATURE
Falcaria: from Latin faix, falcis : sickle, ref. to shape of leaf segments.
vulgaris: common
Herba Weed Atlas (CZCH) Picture Link to Falcaria vulgaris
BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
TYPE : glaucous, freely branched perennial. STEMS : solid, striate.
HEIGHT : 30-50cm. UMBELS : compound. 9-18 slender, smooth, subequal rays
2-4 cm. Peduncle > than rays. leaf opposed. Terminal hermaphrodite. Lateral male.
LEAVES : 3-fid, 1 or > of segments 2-3 fid, 30cm, linear lanceolate, falcate, acute,
sharply serrate, puberulent beneath, thick cartilaginous margin. Midrib with vein
parallel to it on each side. Petiole slender, widened to the sheathing base.
Cotlyledons contracted into a petiole. BRACTS : & bracteoles 4-15, subulate.
FLOWERS : white. Styles form stylopodium. Fl.7-9.
FRUIT : 3-4 mm, oblong, laterally compressed, smooth. Commisure narrow.
Mericarps with low ridges, wider than the grooves. Carpophore present.
Vittae solitary, slender. Pedicels 4-5 mm, slender. Styles 2 x > as
stylopodium, recurved. Stigma a small knob. 2n=22.
DISTRIBUTION : intro. Local, naturalised. E. Anglia, S.E. England, Channel Is.
Native Europe, from N. France + C.Russia, S. W.Asia. Intro N.&S. America
BSBI Distribution Map for Falcaria vulgaris (UK)
EXTERNAL LINKS FOR Falcaria vulgaris
These links to trusted websites and institutions may provide in depth or additional information regards cultivation, chemistry, edibility, images etc. for the species. Links last updated Aug 2012.
Wikipedia (UK) Wikipedia (GER) Bio Info (UK)
Agri Atlas (RUS) Forestry Service (USA) Schede De Botanica (ITA)
Nat Center for Bio Info (USA)
'Online Guide To Umbelliferae Of The British Isles' Compiled By J.M.Burton 2002.