Peucedanum cervaria, (L.) Lapeyr.

25. P. cervaria (L.) Lapeyr. View in CoL , Hist. Abr. Pyr. 149 (1813).

Nearly glabrous perennial 30-150 cm. Stock with fibres. Stem terete, striate, shallowly sulcate above, with few small cauline leaves. Lower leaves up to 50 cm, (l-)2- to 3-pinnate, triangular in outline; lobes up to 50 mm, ovate to ovate-oblong, obtuse or shortly acuminate, cuneate to cordate and often unequal at base, the lower often more or less deeply 1- to 4-lobed; margins dentate, the teeth and apex with sharp, awn-like points; network of veins conspicuous on both surfaces. Rays 15-30, puberulent on the inner side. Bracts numerous, unequal, the larger often pinnatisect, deflexed; bracteoles numerous, subulate, deflexed. Sepals ovate, acute. Petals white, papillose above. Fruit 4-9 mm, elliptical to suborbicular; wing 0-5-1 mm wide, rather thick; dorsal ridges scarcely prominent. C. Europe, extending to N. Spain, C. Italy, Albania, E. Ukraine and Lithuania. Al Au Be Bu Cz Ga Ge He Hs Hu It Ju Po Rm Rs (B, C, W).