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Knotted Hedgeparsley

Torilis nodosa (L.) Gaertner

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Foodplant / parasite
cleistothecium of Erysiphe heraclei parasitises live Torilis nodosa

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Description

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Plants 20-70 cm tall, hispid. Leaves bipinnate; segments lanceolate, pinnati¬sect. Peduncles sessile or very short. Umbels leaf opposed. Involucral bracts lacking. Rays 2-6, 1-2 cm long. Involucel of linear bractlets. Calyx teeth triangu¬lar. Fruit ovoid, 2-4 mm long, setulose; bristles on outer mericarps straight, scabrid, glochidiate, the inner mericarps with tubercles; styles erect, as long or slightly longer than the stylopodium.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Flora of Pakistan Vol. 0 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Distribution

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Distribution: Europe, Asia, North and South America.
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Flora of Pakistan Vol. 0 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Comprehensive Description

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Torilis nodosa (L.) Gaertn. Fruct. 1: 82. 1788
Tordylium nodosum L. Sp. PI. 240. 1753.
Caucalis nodosa Scop. Fl. Carn. ed. 2. 1: 192. 1772.
Caucalis nodifiora Lam. Fl. Fr. 3: 424. 1778.
Plants 0.9-6 dm. high, hispid throughout; leaves oblong in general outline, pinnately decompound, the ultimate divisions filiform, 2-8 mm. long, 1-2 mm. broad, acute, entire or pinnately lobed; peduncles much shorter than the leaves, 2.5 cm. long to obsolete; involucre absent or of an inconspicuous, linear bract; involucel of linear, acute bractlets longer than the pedicels; rays few, short to obsolete; pedicels very short; fruit ovoid, 3-5 mm. long, 1-2 mm. broad, the outer mericarps bristly, the inner merely warty, or sometimes only the outer part of the mericarp bristly.
Type locality: "In Gallia, Italia ad vias," collector unknown.
Distribution: Mediterranean region; adventive throughout the southern United States, Oregon, and California; Bermuda; South America.
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Albert Charles Smith, Mildred Esther Mathias, Lincoln Constance, Harold William Rickett. 1944-1945. UMBELLALES and CORNALES. North American flora. vol 28B. New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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Torilis nodosa

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Torilis nodosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae known by the common names knotted hedgeparsley[1] and short sock-destroyer.[2] It is native to parts of Europe, especially the Mediterranean Basin and it is known elsewhere, such as North America, as an introduced species and a common weed. It grows in many types of habitat, particularly disturbed areas. It is an annual herb producing a hairy stem up to half a meter in maximum height. The alternately arranged leaves are each divided into several pairs of smooth-edged lance-shaped or linear leaflets. The inflorescence is a dense compound umbel of flower clusters on very short rays, often appearing like a cluster. Each flower has five petals which are unequal in size and are white with a pinkish or reddish tinge. Each greenish or pinkish fruit is about 3 millimeters long and is coated in long prickles.

References

  1. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Torilis". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  2. ^ Lincoln Constance & Margriet Wetherwax (2014). "Torilis nodoa". Jepson eFlora. Jepson Flora Project. Retrieved 11 December 2015.

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Torilis nodosa: Brief Summary

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Torilis nodosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae known by the common names knotted hedgeparsley and short sock-destroyer. It is native to parts of Europe, especially the Mediterranean Basin and it is known elsewhere, such as North America, as an introduced species and a common weed. It grows in many types of habitat, particularly disturbed areas. It is an annual herb producing a hairy stem up to half a meter in maximum height. The alternately arranged leaves are each divided into several pairs of smooth-edged lance-shaped or linear leaflets. The inflorescence is a dense compound umbel of flower clusters on very short rays, often appearing like a cluster. Each flower has five petals which are unequal in size and are white with a pinkish or reddish tinge. Each greenish or pinkish fruit is about 3 millimeters long and is coated in long prickles.

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