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Bayer Code : cuclf
Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Caucalis latifolia L.
Classification: Umbelliferae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: greater bur-parsley
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Breitblättrige Haftdolde ; ES : cachurros ; FR : caucalis à larges feuilles ; IT : lappola maggiore ; PT : ; EN : greater bur-parsley ;
Biological type: Annual
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- Cotyledons elliptic or ovate, rounded tip, more or less stalked.
- Leaves pinnately divided.
- Height: 15-50 cm.
- Stem erect, stiffly hairy, furrowed.
- Leaves with stiff hairs (thin, bristly, divergent hairs on veins ), glaucous, pinnatisect, ciliate margin, lanceolate pinnatifid and dentate segments.
- Flowers red or pink in long-stalked umbels leaf -opposed, with 2-4 unequal rays ; calyx with 5 hairy teeth. Involucre and involucel of 2-4 equal bracts ; notched petals.
- Fruits : big achenes (1cm long), ovoid, acuminate, with flattened side, bristly with reddish prickles. Persistent carpophore on inflorescence after fruit fall.
- Rare in crops.
- Biological type: annual.
Ecological profile (click on flags): Rare Present