Torilis nodosa (L)Gaertner Knotted Hedge-parsley NOMENCLATURE Torilis : see T. arvensis. nodosa : referring to swollen nodes: nodus:knot BSBI Picture Link to Torilis nodosa BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION TYPE : procumbent/ erect annual.Th. STEM: solid, striate, with sparse, closely appressed deflexed bristles. HEIGHT : 50cm UMBELS : 0.5-1cm, Compound, leaf oppossed, subsessile. 2-3 short stout rays, hidden by flowers. Peduncle 1cm, often absent, rather sparse appressed deflexed bristles. LEAVES : 1-2 pinnate. Segments 3cm, ovate, pinnatifid, lobes linear-lanceolate, appressed forward-pointing bristles both surfaces. Petiole of lower leaves slender, short sheathing base & forward pointing appressed bristles. Upper leaves sub-sessile/with short sheathing petiole. Cotyledons tapered at base, no petiole. BRACTS : bracteoles linear, > than subsessile flowers, patent or forward pointing bristles. FLOWERS : pinkish white. Hermaphrodite. Sepals acute, small, petals hispid beneath, subequal. Styles form a stylopodium. Fl.5-7. FRUIT : 2.5-3.5 mm. Ovoid, subterete. Commisure narrow. Mericarp : slender ciliate ridges, outer with long glochidiate spines & inner densely tuberculate between the ridges. Carpophore present. Vittae solitary. Pedicels with ring of hairs at apex. Styles 1/2 > as stylopodium, erect or divergent. Stigma capitate. 2n=22,24. HABITAT : dry, rather bare banks, arable fields, behind sunny sea walls. DISTRIBUTION : native. Local, Great Britain. absent N. Scot. S.Ireland. S. & W. Europe. S.W. Asia, N.Africa. BSBI Distribution Map for Torilis nodosa (UK) RELATED SPECIES : T. leptophylla (L) Reichenb. fil. Like T.nodosa, but has longer, easily visible rays. Casual in Britain. Native to S. Europe. EXTERNAL LINKS FOR Torilis nodosa These links to trusted websites and institutions may provide in depth or additional information regards cultivation, chemistry, edibility, images etc. for the species. Links last updated Aug 2012. Wikipedia (UK) Bio Info (UK) Bio Images (UK) APHOTOFLORA (UK) Floral Images (UK) 'Online Guide To Umbelliferae Of The British Isles' Compiled By J.M.Burton 2002 |
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