Leontice leontopetalum, L.
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1. L. leontopetalum L. View in CoL , Sp. Pl. 312 (1753).
Stem 30-50 cm, erect, branched above. Leaves up to 20 cm wide, the lower with long petioles, the upper sessile, all 2- to 3-ternate; ultimate segments broadly obovate, entire. Racemes usually numerous, in axils of upper leaves, pedunculate, with conspicuous bracts, of which the lower are often compound or lobed. Flowers 15-40, on long pedicels, crowded at first, later distant. Perianth-segments c. 8 mm, ovate-oblong. Honey-leaves 1 - 5 mm, less than
half as long as stamens. Fruit 25-40 mm, ovoid. Ploughedfields and waste places. S.E. part of Balkan peninsula; Aegean islands. Bu Cr Gr Tu. (S. W. Asia, N. Africa.)
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Leontice leontopetalum
Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1964 |
L. 1753: 312 |