Levisticum officinale, Koch

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 358

1. L. officinale Koch , Nova Acta Acad. Leop.-Carol. 12(1): 101 (1824).

Stout perennial 100-250 cm, with strong smell; lower branches alternate, upper opposite or whorled; stock with numerous scale-like remains of petioles. Lower leaves up to 70x65 cm, triangular-rhombic in outline; lobes long-cuneate, irregularly and deeply dentate and lobed in upper part. Rays 12-20, rather stout, furrowed. Bracts numerous, lanceolatesubulate, deflexed; bracteoles several, connate, at least at base. Fruit 5-7 mm, yellow or brown. Most o f Europe, except the extreme north and south and the islands, particularly in mountain­ ous regions and near habitations; doubtfully native; often cultivated as a herb. [Al Au Be *Bu Cz Da Fe *Ga Ge He Ho *Hs Hu *It *Ju No Po Rm Rs (N, B, C, W, K, E) Su.] (Iran.)