Cachrys ferulacea, (L.) Calestani

5. C. ferulacea (L.) Calestani View in CoL , Webbia 1: 154 (1905)

{ Prangos ferulacea (L.) Lindley ).

Robust, nearly glabrous perennial up to 180 cm. Stock with numerous coarse fibres. Stem striate, solid. Leaves up to 80 cm, 3- to 5-pinnate; lobes 10-45 mm, linear or filiform, puberulent or minutely scabrid on the margins. Rays 6-18, stout. Bracts and bracteoles several, linear-lanceolate, acuminate. Fruit 10-25 mm; mericarps with 5 equal wings or prominent ridges. Balkan peninsula, extending to S. W. Romania, C. Italy and Sicilia. Al Bu G r It Ju Rm Si. Variable in length of leaf-lobes and in size, shape and development of wings of the fruit. Prangos carinata Griseb. ex Degen , Term.-Tud. Közl. 28: 44 (1896), described from Romania, has suborbicular, strongly ridged but unwinged fruits. Plants with similar fruits occur in S. Italy, where they appear to intergrade with the more widely distributed variant with oblong, winged fruits.