Seseli libanotis (L) Koch Moon Carrot
NOMENCLATURE
Seseli : from Greek, _____ ______
libanotis : from Greek _________ : strong scented plant,
from _________ libantos: incense.
OTHER NAMES: mountain meadow saxifrage.
BSBI Picture Link to Seseli libanotis
BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
TYPE: puberulent biennial/monocarpic perennial. Hs.STEMS : solid, strongly ridged,
surrounded at base by fibrous remains of petioles. H: 30-100cm.
UMBELS : compound, 3-6cm diam. Terminal, convex in flr. (10)20-60 puberulent rays,
usually 2-3cm long. Peduncle > than the rays, pubescent at top.
LEAVES : 10cm, 2-pinnate, oblong to lanceolate in outline, the pinnae sessile, first pair of
lobes is at base of a pinna. Lobes 5-15mm, lanceolate to ovate in outline, deeply serrate to
pinnatific mucronate, < or > ciliate. Basal lvs long petiolate. Cauline with short inflated
sheathing bases. Cotyledons contracted into a petiole.
BRACTS : usually 8 or more, linear, erect to more or less deflexed, pubescent bracteoles 10-15.
FLOWERS : white. Sepals, decidious, subulate. Styles form a stylopodium. Fl. 7-8.
FRUIT : 2.5-3mm. Ovoid, scarcely compressed, >to< puberulent. Commisure broad. Mericarps :
broad ridges. Carpophore present. Vittae solitary. Pedicels 2-7mm. hairy. Styles > than
stylopodium, divergent to recurved. Stigma capitate. 2n=22.
HABITAT : rough, grassy, bushy places, on chalk.
DISTRIBUTION : native. Very local. E.Sussex, Herts, Beds, Camb.
Most of Europe. W.Asia. Not in Scotland or Ireland.
BSBI Distribution Map for Seseli libanotis
EXTERNAL LINKS FOR Seseli libanotis
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 (FR) Plants For A Future(UK) Nature Gate (FIN)
BIO Info (UK)
'Online Guide To Umbelliferae Of The British Isles' Compiled By J.M.Burton 2002