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| − | + | | name = '''''Ligusticum apiifolium''''' | |
| − | + | | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | |
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| − | + | | phylum = Spermatophyta | |
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| − | + | | classis = Magnoliopsida | |
| − | + | | subclassis = Asteranae | |
| − | + | | ordo = Apiales | |
| + | | familia = Apiaceae | ||
| + | | genus = '''''Ligusticum''''' L. | ||
| + | | species = ''''' Ligusticum apiifolium''''' (Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray) A. Gray | ||
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Revision as of 23:11, 8 June 2020
- Latin Name: Ligusticum apiifolium
- Family: Apiaceae
- Common Names: celery-leaf wild lovage, parsely-leaf wild lovage
- Synonyms/Misapplications: Cynapium apiifolium
- Codon: LIGAPI
Contents
Taxonomy
| Ligusticum apiifolium | |
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| File:LIGAPI1.JPG | |
| Photo by Rod Gilbert, 2006, also featured on Main Page | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Subkingdom: | Tracheobionta |
| Phylum: | Spermatophyta |
| Subphylum: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Subclass: | Asteranae |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Genus: | Ligusticum L. |
| Species: | Ligusticum apiifolium (Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray) A. Gray |
Discription
General: Stout perennial herb from a thick taproot; stems 50-120 cm tall, branching, glabrous, leafy with fibrous remains of leaf sheaths at the base.
Leaves: Compound, mostly basal, divided into distinct toothed leaflets up to 5 cm long; stem leaves reduced but at least 1 fairly well-developed.
Flowers: Inflorescence of compound umbels, rays 12-30, 2.5-6 cm. long; involucre and involucels wanting; calyx teeth obscure; petals five, white.
Fruits: Oblong to elliptic, 4-5 mm long, glabrous, with narrowly winged ribs.
Bloom Period
Distribution
West of the Cascades, Washington to central California.
Habitat
Moist stream banks, slopes and meadows in the mountain zone
Uses
Propagation
Seed
Seed sample from: 2011
Average Measurement: 4.5 x 2.1 x 1.4
Measurement Range: L: 4 – 5, W: 2 – 2.5, D: 1 – 2
Features
Shapes: Seeds have two distinct seed faces. One side is more flattened or concave, and the other is more convex. Hilum tapered, opposite apex rounded. Color: Entire seed several shades of brown.
Surface: One seed face has several distinct ridges running longitudinally from hilum to opposite apex. The other seed face has one longitudinal white line running from hilum to opposite apex. Seeds sometimes wrinkled or slightly bumpy, and somewhat lustrous.
Latitudinal Cross Section: ovate 
Longitudinal Cross Section: elliptical 
