Ligusticum L.

77. Ligusticum L. View in CoL 1

Perennial. Leaves 2- to 5-pinnate or 2-temate. Sepals small. Petals usually white, obcordate; apex inflexed. Fruit not compressed. Ridges very prominent, narrowly winged; vittae numerous.

1 Leaves 2-ternate; lobes 20-50 mm, ovate-cuneate 7. scoticum 1 Leaves 2- to 5-pinnate; lobes not more than 15 mm, linear to

narrowly ovate-oblong 2 Bracts 5-10, at least half as long as rays, persistent 3 Stem simple, usually leafless; stock without fibres; bracts

simple, erecto-patent 1. mutellinoides 3 Stem usually branched, leafy; stock with abundant fibres;

bracts usually pinnatisect, deflexed 6. ferulaceum 2 Bracts 0 or few, rarely up to 7 and then caducous 4 Stock without coarse fibres; leaf-lobes narrowly linear

4. albanicum 4 Stock with abundant coarse fibres; leaf-lobes not narrowly

linear 5 Rays 20-50; branches opposite or whorled above 5. lucidum 5 Rays not more than 15; branches alternate 6 Leaves triangular in outline; fruit with smooth ridges

2. mutellina 6 Leaves oblong in outline; fruit with denticulate ridges

3. corsicum