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Pimpinella saxifraga L. |
Pimpinella L. |
| P. saxifraga L., Sp. PI. 263 (1753) excl. var. ß, emend. Huds., Fl. Angl. 110 (1762). Syn: P. rotundifolia Scop., Fl. Cam. ed. 2, 1:208 (1772) non Bieb. (1808); P. calvertii Boiss., Diagn. ser. 2(2): 73 (1856); P. saxifraga L. var. dissectifolia Boiss., Fl. Or. 2:873 (1872); P. saxifraga L. subsp. eusaxifraga Thell. in Hegi, I1I. Fl. Mittei-Eur. 5(2): 1204 (1926). Ic: Ross-Craig, Draw. Brit. PI. 12: t. 28 (1958); Sowerby & Sm., Engl. Bot. 6: t. 407 (1807). Perennial with slender puberulent stems up to 60 cm. Basal leaves 5-15 cm, oblong, 1-pinnate, segments ovate, shortly or deeply dentate to ± pinnatifid. Cauline leaves much reduced. Umbels 5-12(-16)-rayed; bracts and bracteoles absent. Flowers white, 10-20 per umbellule; petals hairy on back. Fruit up to 2.5 mm long, broadly ovoid, glabrous; stylopodium mamillate-depressed. Fl. 6-11. Alt. 1680-2900 m. Described from Europe. Mainly N. Turkey & E. Anatolia. A2(E) Istanbul: Halkali, 29 vi 1894, Azn.! A2(A) Istanbul: Alem Da., 20 viii 1939, B. Post! Bursa: Bithynian Olympus (Ulu Da.), Sestini. A3 Bolu: Abant G., Khan et al. 539! A7 Gümüşane: 42 km from Gümüşane to Bayburt, 1900 m, Hub.-Mor. 13633. A8 Çoruh: nr. Artvin (Grossheim 7: map 94). Erzurum: 11 km N.W. of Aşkale, 1680 m, Hub.-Mor. 11748. A9 Kars/Ağri: mountains E. of Kağızman, pass between Akcay and Cumaçay, 2400 m, D. 46706! Erzurum: N.E. of Oltu (Grossheim 7: map 94). Bl Izmir: Göztepe, 2 x 1938, B. Post! B7 Erzincan: Keşiş Da. above Cimin, 2700-2900 m, D. 31617! B10 Ağri: Great Ararat (Büyük Ağri Da.), 2440-2750 m, B. Post 2142! Kars: S.E. of Iğdir (Grossheim 7: map 94). Europe except extreme S. and islands, Caucasia. Introduced and naturalized in North America and New Zealand. |