Ammodaucus leucotrichus
Ammodaucus leucotrichus Coss. & Durieu
- kingdom Plantae
- phylum Magnoliophyta
- class Magnoliopsida
- order Apiales
- family Apiaceae
- genus Ammodaucus
Languages: English
Overview
Description
Stems are erect and glabrous also striate and branched. Leaves fleshy, with sheathing petioles,2-3-pinnatisect and segments oblong-linear, 2-4 x 1 mm.Peduncle 1-4 cm. Umbel-rays 0.5-3 cm, unequal. Bracts 2-4,1-2.5 cm, pinnatisect.bracteoles 3-partite. Pedicel 0.5-1 cm. Flowers 5-10 per umbellule. Petals 1 mm, shallowly 2-lobed, white. fruit 1-1.2 x 0.5-0.6 cm, ovoid, densely covered with yellowish-brown soft hairs 4-6 mm; mericarps compressed, ribbed.
Description
Size
Height: 10-25 cm.
Ecology and Distribution
Global Distribution
Atlantic Islands, Mauritania, Mali, North Africa.
Distribution in Egypt
Libyan Desert, Nubian Desert, Gebel Oweinat.
Habitat
Alluvial and sandy desert plains.
Life Expectancy
Annual.
References
(Submitted). Flora of Egypt. Cairo: Al Hadara Publishing..

