Myrrhis odorata (L.) Scop.

Kozhin, Mikhail & Sennikov, Alexander, 2022, New records in non-native vascular plants of Russian Lapland, Biodiversity Data Journal 10, pp. 78166-78166 : 78166

Myrrhis odorata (L.) Scop.

Myrrhis odorata (L.) Scop., Fl. Carniol., ed. 2. 1: 207 (1771) - Scandix odorata L., Sp. Pl. 1: 257 (1753).

Distribution

Native distribution

Europe (temperate), Mediterranean.

Secondary distribution

Europe, North America.

Distribution in neighbouring territories

Naturalised in south-western Finland, casual in central Finland and southern Karelia ( Hämet-Ahti 1998b, Kravchenko 2007).

New record

Russia. Murmansk Region. Apatity Town. Northern part of Akademgorodok near the road along Kozlov Street, near the car depot, 33.39388°N, 67.57378°E, thickets of hogweed at the side of a small-wooded willow, 23.06.2020, M. Kozhin & E. Borovichev M-4407 (H, KPABG 046900, MW 1066863).

Pathways of introduction

Escape from confinement: Ornamental purpose other than horticulture.

Cultivated as an ornamental plant for flowers and foliage.

Period of introduction

Russia (after 1991).

This is a place of recent cultivation of this ornamental plant, same as for Chaerophyllum hirsutum .

Invasion status

Persisting population in a man-made habitat (populated place).

Ecology

Mountain forb forest.

Biology

Perennial polycarpic. Hemicryptophyte with caudex.

Notes

The species forms large stands (Fig. 5 ).

Figures

Figure 5. Myrrhis odorata in Apatity Town, Murmansk Region. 23.06.2020. Photo by M. Kozhin.