Cnidium cnidiifolium (Turcz.) Schischk.
 
FamilyUmbelliferae — APG family: Apiaceae
SynonymsSelinum cnidiifolium Turcz., Conioselinum dawsonii (Coult. & Rose) Coult. & Rose, Selinum dawsonii Coult. & Rose, Conioselinum cnidiifolium (Turcz.) Pors.
DescriptionGlabrous; stem simple or branched above, from stout, many-headed, vertical caudex; lower leaves petiolated, 2—-3-pinnate, ultimate segments ovate, deeply di- vided into acute lanceolate lobes; upper leaves reduced, nearly sessile; umbels with numerous rays; involucre with 5 lanceolate, early-deciduous leaflets; involucels 9— 11, scarious with excurrent midvein; petals white or purplish; fruits broadly ovate; carpels with 5 equally winged ribs.
EcologyWet meadows, gravelly slopes, riverbanks. Described from between Jakutsk and Aldan.
Hultén's Flora About

This is a digital representation of Eric Hultén’s ‘Flora of Alaska and Neighboring Territories: A Manual of the Vascular Plants’, which was published by Stanford University Press in 1968. The book was digitized by C. Webb (at UAMN) as part of the Flora of Alaska project, with funding by the US NSF (Grant 1759964 to Ickert-Bond & Webb), and with permission of Stanford University Press. Data and images © 1968 Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. Univ. Usage licence: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. NB: You may find OCR errors; please refer to the hard-copy if in doubt.