- Cnidium cnidiifolium
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Cnidium Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: Apiales Family: Apiaceae Tribe: Selineae Genus: Cnidium Species: Cnidium cnidiifolium Binomial name Cnidium cnidiifolium
(Turcz.) Schischk.Cnidium cnidiifolium, also known as Jakutsk snowparsley after the Russian town Jakutsk, is a member of the Apiaceae family that is found in Russia, Canada, and Alaska. Light-purple to white umbels of Cnidium cnidiifolium bloom from late June to August, each with five lanceolate bracts. The fruits of Cnidium cnidiifolium are ovate. The lower leaves are glabrous, bi- to tripinnate, and petiolate, and the upper leaves are nearly sessile to sessile. The stems are split at the caudex and are up to 60 cm tall.
Cnidium cnidiifolium grows in low elevations along rivers and in wet meadows.References
- Hultén, Eric. Flora of Alaska and neighboring territories, 1968.
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