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Peucedanum obtusifolium

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Common names

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Scientific name

Peucedanum obtusifolium Sm.

Conservation status and threats

NOT protected species in Bulgaria.

Description and identification

Polycarpic herbs, large individuals with branched rootstock; plants usually with prostrate stems; up to 60 cm high. Leaves 2–3-pinnate; first order segments petiolulate, second order segments sessile or with petiolules up to 5 mm. Ultimate segments pinnatifid, bifid or entire, elliptic to lanceolate, obtuse, entire segments and lobes usually 5–10 mm long. Fruits broadly elliptic, broadly obovate, elliptic, obovate, 8–15 mm long, 7–11 mm wide; marginal ribs ca. 2 times narrower than seed; stylopodium situated in apical notch between marginal ribs. Flowering June-August¹.

Habitat

Peucedanum obtusifolium is strongly attached to the open dune habitats and takes part in the communities of psammophytic vegetation².

Distribution in Bulgaria

Black Sea coastline³.

General Distribution

An endemic species to the western and southwestern shore of the Black Sea⁴.

References

1 Tatiana A. Ostroumova & Stoyan S. Stoyanov. 2016. Peucedanum obtusifolium (Apiaceae), a new record for the Bulgarian flora - PHYTOLOGIA BALCANICA 22(1): 69–72 Sofia, 2016.

2 Tatiana A. Ostroumova & Stoyan S. Stoyanov. 2016.

3 Tatiana A. Ostroumova & Stoyan S. Stoyanov. 2016.

4 Tatiana A. Ostroumova & Stoyan S. Stoyanov. 2016.

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