Laserpitium latifolium
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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Laserpitium latifolium, common name broad-leaved sermountain,{{BSBI 2007 |accessdate=2014-10-17 }} is an herbaceous perennial plant in the genus Laserpitium of the family Apiaceae.
Description
File:Apiaceae - Laserpitium latifolium-2.JPG Laserpitium latifolium reaches an average height of {{convert|50|to|150|cm}}. The inflorescence has a diameter of {{convert|10|to|15|cm}}. The stem is greenish-gray, round, erect, and lightly grooved, and it is branched at the top. The leaves are quite large, biternate, and petiolated, with a prominent central rib. The leaflets are ovate or heart-shaped and toothed. The leaves are {{convert|3|to|10|cm}} long and {{convert|2|to|6|cm}} wide. The flowers are white, clustered in umbrels of 25 to 40 rays. The diameter of the umbels reaches {{convert|20|to|30|cm}}. The flowering season is from May to August. Fruits are oblong and flattened, {{convert|5|to|10|mm}} long.
Distribution
It is widespread in most of Europe except Albania, Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Portugal. It has been introduced in Belgium.
Habitat
It grows in mountain dry forests, on grassy slopes, on the sunny edges of woods, or in meadows. It prefers calcareous soils and a nutrient-rich substrate, at an elevation of {{convert|400|to|2100|m}}.
Gallery
File:Laserpitium latifolium Sturm32.jpg|Laserpitium latifolium; figure from Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen
File:Apiaceae - Laserpitium latifolium-3.JPG|Close-up of flowers of Laserpitium latifolium
File:Laserpitium latifolium3.jpg|Flowers of Laserpitium latifolium
File:Apiaceae - Laserpitium latifolium.JPG|Leaves of Laserpitium latifolium
References
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- Pignatti S. - Flora d'Italia - Edagricole – 1982
- Tutin, T.G. et al. - Flora Europaea, second edition - 1993
External links
{{Commons|Laserpitium latifolium}}
- [https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id40330/ Biolib]
- [http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index2.php?scientific-name=laserpitium+latifolium Laserpitium latifolium]
- [http://www.luontoportti.com/suomi/en/kukkakasvit/broad-leaved-sermountain Laserpitium latifolium]
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