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''Ligusticum apifolium'', commonly known as Cerlery leaved lovage is a flowering plant within the carrot/parsley family (Umbelliferae/ Apiaceae).
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* Scientific Name: ''Ligusticum'' ''apiifolium''
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* Family: Apiaceae
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* Common Names: celery-leaf wild lovage, parsely-leaf wild lovage
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* Synonyms/Misapplications: ''Cynapium'' ''apiifolium''
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* Codon: LIGAPI
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[[File:LIGAPI1.jpg |thumb|Photo by Rod Gilbert, 2006, also featured on Main Page]]
 
===Taxonomy===
 
===Taxonomy===
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{{Taxobox
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| image =
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| image_caption = Photo by Rod Gilbert, 2006. Also featured on Main Page
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| name =
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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| subregnum = Viridiplantae
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| phylum = Tracheophyta
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| subphylum= Spermatophytina
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| classis = Magnoliopsida
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| subclassis = Asteranae
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| ordo = Apiales
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| familia = Apiaceae
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| genus = ''Ligusticum'' L.
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| species = ''''' Ligusticum apiifolium''''' (Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray) A. Gray
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| subspecies =
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}}
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<ref>Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved from https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=29525</ref>
  
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*'''Kingdom''': Plantae – Plants
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===Description===
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*'''Subkingdom''': Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
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Taprooted perennial herb, 4-15 dm tall.
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*'''Superdivision''': Spermatophyta – Seed plants
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*'''Division''': Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
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*'''Class''': Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
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*'''Subclass''': - Magnoliidae
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*'''Order''': Apiales
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*'''Family''': Apiaceae/Umbelliaceae- Carrot family
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*'''Genus''': ''Ligusticum''
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*'''Species''': ''apiifolium''
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===Discription===
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Dissected leaves, leaflets also deeply pinnately lobed, petiole generally 1-3 dm.  
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'''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.
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Inflorescence of compound umbels, involucre and involucel both absent or inconspicuous. Pedicels unequal, rays of umbel usually 12-30, flowers white, petals five.
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'''Leaves''': Compound, mostly basal, divided into distinct toothed leaflets up to 5 cm long; stem leaves reduced but at least 1 fairly well-developed.  
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'''Flowers''': Inflorescence in small compound umbels with 7-14 compact heads; flowers white, rays of terminal umbels 15-40; involucral bracts lacking.  
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Ribs of fruit are wingless, carpophore bifid (divided into two) to base, stylopodium conic.<ref name=":0">Hitchcock, C. L., Cronquist, A., Giblin, D., & Legler,
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'''Fruits''': Oblong to elliptic, 4-5 mm long, glabrous, with narrowly winged ribs.  
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B. et al. (2018). ''Flora of the Pacific Northwest: an illustrated manual''.
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Seattle: University of Washington Press.</ref>
  
 
===Bloom Period===
 
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May-July.<ref>WTU Herbarium, Burke Museum,
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& University of Washington. Retrieved from <nowiki>https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Ligusticum%20apiifolium</nowiki></ref>
  
 
===Distribution===
 
===Distribution===
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Lowland west Cascades, southern Olympic Peninsula, and southern Puget Trough to California.<ref name=":0" />
 
===Habitat===
 
===Habitat===
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Lowland wooded slopes, prairies, and fencerows.<ref name=":0" />
 
===Uses===
 
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===Propagation===
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Karuk use as of infusion of roots to stimulate apetite.<ref>Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 387</ref>
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===Photo Gallery===
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===References===
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Pomo use of root decoction for pulmonary hemorrhage.<ref name=":1">Native American Ethnobotany Database. Retrieved from <nowiki>http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=Ligusticum+apiifolium</nowiki></ref>
  
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Kashaya Pomo use of root decoction for anemia.<ref name=":1" />
  
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==== Ecological ====
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Host plant for ''Agonopterix rosaciliella'' moth.<ref name=":2">''Lovage, Ligusticum apiifolium''. California Native Plant Society. <nowiki>https://calscape.org/Ligusticum-apiifolium-()</nowiki>.</ref>
  
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===Propagation===
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No treatment needed to propagate by seed.<ref name=":2" />
 
===Seed===
 
===Seed===
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'''Abbreviation:''' LIAP
 
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'''Seed sample from:''' 2011
 
'''Seed sample from:''' 2011
  
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'''Measurement Range:''' L: 4 – 5, W: 2 – 2.5, D: 1 – 2
 
'''Measurement Range:''' L: 4 – 5, W: 2 – 2.5, D: 1 – 2
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[[File:LIAP LisaHintz sd 2012.jpg|250px|thumb|
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''Ligusticum apiifolium'' seeds, photo by Lisa Hintz
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====Features====
 
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'''Longitudinal Cross Section:''' elliptical  [[File:LIAP long.png]]
 
'''Longitudinal Cross Section:''' elliptical  [[File:LIAP long.png]]
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===Photo Gallery===
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===References===

Latest revision as of 21:59, 20 March 2021

  • Scientific Name: Ligusticum apiifolium
  • Family: Apiaceae
  • Common Names: celery-leaf wild lovage, parsely-leaf wild lovage
  • Synonyms/Misapplications: Cynapium apiifolium
  • Codon: LIGAPI
Photo by Rod Gilbert, 2006, also featured on Main Page

Taxonomy

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Viridiplantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Spermatophytina
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteranae
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Ligusticum L.
Species: Ligusticum apiifolium (Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray) A. Gray

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Description

Taprooted perennial herb, 4-15 dm tall.

Dissected leaves, leaflets also deeply pinnately lobed, petiole generally 1-3 dm.

Inflorescence of compound umbels, involucre and involucel both absent or inconspicuous. Pedicels unequal, rays of umbel usually 12-30, flowers white, petals five.

Ribs of fruit are wingless, carpophore bifid (divided into two) to base, stylopodium conic.[2]

Bloom Period

May-July.[3]

Distribution

Lowland west Cascades, southern Olympic Peninsula, and southern Puget Trough to California.[2]

Habitat

Lowland wooded slopes, prairies, and fencerows.[2]

Uses

Karuk use as of infusion of roots to stimulate apetite.[4]

Pomo use of root decoction for pulmonary hemorrhage.[5]

Kashaya Pomo use of root decoction for anemia.[5]

Ecological

Host plant for Agonopterix rosaciliella moth.[6]

Propagation

No treatment needed to propagate by seed.[6]

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

Ligusticum apiifolium seeds, photo by Lisa Hintz

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 LIAP lat.png

Longitudinal Cross Section: elliptical LIAP long.png

Photo Gallery

References

  1. ↑ Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved from https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=29525
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Hitchcock, C. L., Cronquist, A., Giblin, D., & Legler, B. et al. (2018). Flora of the Pacific Northwest: an illustrated manual. Seattle: University of Washington Press.
  3. ↑ WTU Herbarium, Burke Museum, & University of Washington. Retrieved from https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Ligusticum%20apiifolium
  4. ↑ Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 387
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Native American Ethnobotany Database. Retrieved from http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=Ligusticum+apiifolium
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Lovage, Ligusticum apiifolium. California Native Plant Society. https://calscape.org/Ligusticum-apiifolium-().
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