Daucus glochidiatus (Labill.) Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Avé-Lall.

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Name scientific

Daucus glochidiatus (Labill.) Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Avé-Lall.

Preferred name

Daucus glochidiatus (Labill.) Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Avé-Lall.

Taxonomy reference

Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Linked name

Daucus glochidiatus (Labill.) Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Avé-Lall.

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Indigenous, non-endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Combination authors

Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Avé-Lall.

Original authors

Labill.

Authors

(Labill.) Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Avé-Lall.

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Scandix glochidiata Labill.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Daucus glochidiatus

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Apiales

Family

Umbelliferae

Genus

Daucus

Species

glochidiatus

Vernacular names

Language of use: English

Language of use: Māori

Synonyms

Descriptions

Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Daucus glochidiatus (Labill.) Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Avé-Lall.

Description

Herb of diverse size according to habitat conditions, from c. 1-3 dm. or more tall, sparingly to much branched. Stems and branches us. glab. or nearly so, ribbed or striate. Lvs flaccid, glab. to ± clad in stiff hairs, 2-3-pinnate, on ± glab. petioles (1)-5-15 cm. long, expanded and semiamplexicaul at base. Primary lflts in (2)-4-(6) pairs, on petiolules up to ± 5 mm. long; secondary lflts pinnatisect to pinnatifid, linear-oblong to linear-spathulate, ± mucronulate. Umbels axillary and terminal, compound or in dwarfed specimens sts simple, on slender to stout peduncles up to c. 15 cm. Rays very unequal; primary 4-10, up to c. 15 cm., us. less; secondary up to ± 1 cm. long. Involucral bracts entire to dissected, caducous. Fls minute; petals white to red, soon falling. Fr. about oblong in outline, ± 3 mm. long. Mericarps with glochidia ± 1 mm. long, reddish to pale brown; primary ribs us. with a double row of spreading minute bristles.

Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Daucus glochidiatus (Labill.) Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Avé-Lall.

Description

Erect, usually hispid, annual or biennial up to 30-(60) cm high. Basal lvs 2-3-pinnate; ultimate segments ovate, pinnatisect into linear lobes; stem lvs similar but reduced. Umbels simple or compound, irregular; rays 1-7-(9); bracts (0)-2-5, linear or pinnatisect; bracteoles 0-5, simple, linear. Fls 1-8-(10), white or tinged red, c. 1 mm diam. Fr. ellipsoid, dark brown, 3-5 mm long; primary ribs sparsely to moderately ciliate; secondary ribs spinous; spines capped at tips.