Pimpinella cypria
| Pimpinella cypria | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Genus: | Pimpinella |
| Species: | P. cypria |
| Binomial name | |
| Pimpinella cypria Boiss. | |
Pimpinella cypria, common name Cyprus Burnet-saxifrage and locally Kıbrıs Pimpinela, is a herbaceous perennial plant belonging to the Carrot family (Apiaceae).
Description
Pimpinella cypria is an erect soft-haired perennial to 70 cm with stout woody rootstock clad in old leaf-sheaths; stems furrowed; basal leaves pinnate with 3-5 oval blunt-toothed and lobed segments to 4 cm long; stem leaves few, similar or with narrow divisions; umbels terminal, in a loose panicle, with 6-14 rays; flowers many in each umbellule, the petals dirty white unequally 2-lobed, about 1 mm. Fruit narrowly oval, 4 mm. Flowers from April to May.[1]
Habitat
Limestone fissures in many north-facing shady spots.
Distribution
In the Kyrenia Range from Kornos to Yaila and near Yedikonuk. Endemic to North Cyprus.