Toothpick-plant - Visnaga daucoides
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Toothpick-plant - Visnaga daucoides | dylan | Bristol | 26 Jul 2025, 1:55 p.m. | 26 Jul 2025, 10:07 a.m. | |
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Toothpick-plant - Visnaga daucoides | dylan | Bristol | 26 Jul 2025, 1:55 p.m. | 26 Jul 2025, 10:07 a.m. | |
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Toothpick-plant - Visnaga daucoides | dylan | Bristol | 26 Jul 2025, 1:55 p.m. | 26 Jul 2025, 10:07 a.m. |
Species Description
A rare and sporadic casual arising from birdseed but also sometimes grown in gardens and escapes. Native to the Mediterranean.
Stace 4:
Visnaga daucoides Gaertn. (Ammi visnaga (L.) Lam.) - Toothpick-plant.
Stems erect, to 1m; lower leaves 1-2-pinnate; upper leaves 2-3(4)-pinnate; all leaves with linear to filiform segments; fruits 2-2.8mm; (2n=20, 22). Neophyte-casual; in same habitats and from same sources as Ammi majus but rarer; scattered in Britain North to East Ross, Guernsey; Mediterranean.
Useful Links:
Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora
NBN (as Ammi visnaga)