Bupleurum rotundifolium L. Narrow-leaved thorough-wax

Bupleurum rotundifolium L. - Narrow-leaved thorough-wax

Scientific Description:

Erect, annual, 25−80 cm, stem thick. Cauline leaves 3−8 cm, obovate to elliptic, usually perfoliate near base. Upper leaves ovate to orbicular, green. Rays 4−8, usually 6 in strong umbels. Bracteoles 5, unequal but not of separate classes, 5−15 mm, all apiculate. Petals light yellow, 0.4−0.5 mm. Anthers c. 0.35 mm. Stylopodium 0.9−1.2 mm, styles 0.2−0.3 mm. Fruit 3−3.5 mm, smooth, ridges filiform or very narrow.

 

Flowering time: June−July.

Habitat: Fields, banks, steppe (calciphilous), 400−2000m.

 

Reference:
Snogerup S (1972). Bupleurum rotundifolium L., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinurgh, 4: 397.

Public Description:

Bupleurum rotundifolium, known as “narrow-leaved thorough-wax”, is native to South and West Asia, Europe. It is an erect annual plant with ligth yellow flowers and grows up to 80 cm in length. It blooms between June and July and is found in fields, banks and steppe.

 

References:

Anonymous (2018). https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/species/bupleurum/rotundifolium/, Accessed date: 13.03.2018.

Demirelma H (2012). Bupleurum L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 51−55.