Laserpitium gallicum, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 370

10. L. gallicum L. , Sp. Pl. 248 (1753) .

Robust, glabrous or slightly hairy perennial up to 160 cm. Stock with abundant fibres. Stem terete, striate, branched. Lower leaves c. 50 cm, 3- to 5- pinnate, triangular in outline; lobes 10-20 mm, linear-lanceolate or oblanceolate, entire or 3-fid; midrib slender, lateral veins obscure. Petioles of upper cauline leaves narrow. Rays 20-50, rough on the inner side. Bracts and bracteoles numerous, linearlanceolate, ciliate. Petals white or pink. Fruit c. 6 mm, oblong; lateral wings c. 2 mm wide, the dorsal narrower. Calcicole. • Mountains of S. Europe from Spain to Italy. BI Ga Hs It Sa.

L. paradoxum A. Bolós & Font Quer , Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 1: 297 (1947), from the Pyrenees, is a variant of 10 with hairs at the junctions of the branches of the leaves and with considerable development of the pericarp over the primary ridges, rather as in Guillonea . Intermediates between this extreme form and the typical plant occur in N.E. Spain.