Cnidium cnidiifolium

Cnidium cnidiifolium

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Tribe: Selineae
Genus: Cnidium
Species: C. cnidiifolium
Binomial name
Cnidium cnidiifolium
(Turcz.) Schischk.
Synonyms

Conioselinum cnidiifolium

Cnidium cnidiifolium is a species of flowering plant in the parsley family, Apiaceae. Its common names include northern hemlock-parsley[1] and Jakutsk snowparsley, after the Russian town Jakutsk. It is native to Russia, Alaska, and the Northwest Territories, Yukon, and British Columbia in Canada.[1]

Light purple to white umbels bloom from late June to August, each with five lanceolate bracts. The fruits are ovate. The lower leaves are glabrous, bi- to tripinnate, and borne on petioles, while the upper leaves are nearly sessile to sessile. The stems are split at the caudex and are up to 60 centimeters tall.

This species grows in wet areas such as meadows and riverbanks, and on gravelly slopes.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Cnidium cnidiifolium. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
  2. Cnidium cnidiifolium. NatureServe. 2013.

Further reading

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