Turgeniopsis foeniculacea

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Common name

Scientific name

Turgeniopsis foeniculacea (Fenzl) Boiss., also as Glochidotheca foeniculacea (Fenzl) Fenzl.

Conservation status and threats

PROTECTED species in Bulgaria. Critically Endangered¹.

Description and identification

Annual plants. Stems 20–40 cm high. Leaves 3–4-pinnate, with very fine capillary segments. Compound umbels on long peduncles; rays 2–3, partial umbels with 2–3 hermaphrodite and several male flowers in the centre. Fruits elliptic, with hooked spines. Flowering April–May, fr. V–VI. Insect pollination. Reproduction by seeds, dispersed through zoochory or barochory².

Distribution in Bulgaria

Rhodopi Mts (central – in the upper parts of the southern slopes of the ridges above the villages Markovo and Belashtitsa, and above Asenovgrad), Thracian Lowland (Besaparski hills, 1–2 km west of Kurtovo Konare village, Plovdiv district); 300–600 m alt³.

General distribution

Bulgaria, SW Asia⁴.

References

1 Stefan Stanev. 2015. In: Red Data Book of the Republic of Bulgaria. Volume 1 - Plants & Fungi.

2 Stefan Stanev. 2015. In: Red Data Book of the Republic of Bulgaria. Volume 1 - Plants & Fungi.

3 Stefan Stanev. 2015. In: Red Data Book of the Republic of Bulgaria. Volume 1 - Plants & Fungi.

4 Stefan Stanev. 2015. In: Red Data Book of the Republic of Bulgaria. Volume 1 - Plants & Fungi.

Turgeniopsis foeniculacea на български

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