Bupleurum baldense (Turra) Small Hare’s Ear
NOMENCLATURE
Bupleurum : from Greek, from _____ ox & : side.
PREVIOUS NAMES : B. artstatum (sensu Coste). B. opacum (Cesati) Lange.
BSBI Picture Link to Bupleurum baldense
BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
TYPE: slender erect, glabrous annual. Th. STEMS : simple or divaricately branched,
solid, raised or v. narrowly winged angles. H: 10-25cm
UMBELS : 5-10mm diam. Compound, (1)2-4 unequal rays, 2-5mm < than bracts.
Peduncle > than rays. Terminal, mixed. Lateral, hermaphrodite.
LEAVES : 1-3cm, simple, linear to narrowly oblanceolate, widest above the middle, acute,
sessile, scarious sheathing base. Veins 3-5, parallel. Cotyledons : tapered at base, no petiole.
BRACTS : 4, 5-10 mm, lanceolate, acuminate, glaucous, 3-5 main veins, narrow scarious
margin. Bracteoles same, smaller 3 veined, conceals firs + fruit.
FLOWERS : yellow. Sepals absent. Styles form a stylopodium. Fl. 6-7.
FRUIT : 1.5 mm. elliptical-oblong, compressed laterally, often pruinose. Commisure broad.
Mericarps with slender ridges. Carpophore present. Vittae solitary. Pedicels 1mm. Styles
0.1mm, horizontal. Stigma truncate. 2n=16.
HABITAT : open, short turf on rocky ground, grey dunes, near sea.
DISTRIBUTION : native. Local, Sussex, S.Devon, Channel Is..
W. & S. Europe. England to Romania.
BSBI Distribution Map for Bupleurum baldense (UK)
EXTERNAL LINKS FOR Bupleurum baldense
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.
BI Info (UK) APHOTOFLORA (UK)
Bio Images (UK)
Online Guide To Umbelliferae Of The British Isles' Compiled By J.M.Burton 2002