Description
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Biennial or perennial herb up to 1.5 m, with a woody taproot. Basal leaves broadly ovate, rarely shallowly 3-lobed, cordate at the base; margins finely toothed. Petioles very long, up to 20 cm. Leaves higher on the stem sessile, 3-lobed almost to the base; lobes linear with scattered long lobe-like teeth on the margins. Inflorescences much-branched umbels, lateral and terminal. Ultimate umbels c. 10-flowered. Flowers white, petals conspicuously curled in at the apices. Fruit 1-2 mm, ovoid, laterally compressed, hairy.
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- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Pimpinella huillensis Engl. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=143200
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique (possibly also DRC and Tanzania per FZ 4)
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Pimpinella huillensis Engl. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=143200
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings