Ligusticum mutellina, (L.) Crantz

2. L. mutellina (L.) Crantz View in CoL , Stirp. Austr. 3: 81 (1767)

( Meum mutellina (L.) Gaertner ).

Almost glabrous. Stock with abundant coarse fibres. Stem 10-50 cm, hollow, usually with 1 -2 branches subtended by small leaves. Leaves 5-10 cm, triangular in outline, 2- to 3-pinnate; lobes 3—5(— 15) mm, linear-lanceolate, mucronate. Rays 7—10(— 15). Bracts 0-2, small; bracteoles 3 to several, lanceolate, about as long as pedicels. Petals usually red or purple. Fruit 4-6 mm, ovoid-oblong, glabrous; ridges smooth. 2« = 22. • Mountains of C. & S. Europe, from S. C. France to the Carpathians and S. Bulgaria. Al Au Bu Cz Ga Ge He It Ju Po Rm Rs (W).

Two subspecies, based on the division of the leaves, are sometimes recognized, but do not seem to merit this status. ‘Subsp. adonidifolium (Gay) Beauverd’ has long, little-divided leaf-lobes and occurs in the French Alps and Romania; it seems often to be sympatric with the widespread typical subspecies.3