Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) Week: Chaerophyllum villosum from Kashmir

[Gurcharan Singh]

Chaerophyllum villosum Wall. ex DC., Prodr. 4:225. 1830.

Plant similar to C. rexlexum, but usually smaller, densely hairy with deflexed hairs; leaf sheath inflated especially in upper leaves; leaves 2-3 pinnate; rays 6-10; bracts with white margin; fruit 6-9 mm long, narrowed at apex.

Photographed from Gulmarg, Kashmir in June
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