Tordylium trachycarpum, Ainsworthia trachycarpa, Cow parsnip,
סלסילה מצויה
 
Scientific name:  Tordylium trachycarpum
Synonym name:  Ainsworthia trachycarpa
Common name:  Cow parsnip
Hebrew name:   סלסילה מצויה
Family:  Umbelliferae / Apiaceae, סוככיים

Tordylium trachycarpum, Ainsworthia trachycarpa, Cow parsnip, סלסילה מצויה
Date Picture Taken: March 31, 2007

 
Life form:  Annual
Leaves:  Alternate, rosette, entire, dissected, pinnate, dentate or serrate, crenulate
Flowers:  White
Flowering Period:  March, April, May, June
Habitat:   Batha, Phrygana
Distribution:   Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Deserts and extreme deserts, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon
Chorotype, טיפוס התפוצה:   Mediterranean
Summer shedding:  Ephemeral

Flowers of Israel
Date Picture Taken: March 31, 2007


Derivation of the botanical name:
Tordylium,derived from a turning-lathe, and to turn; it is the Τορδυλιον of the Greeks; Hart-wort.
Ainsworthianamed for Geoffrey Clough Ainsworth (1905–1998), a British mycologist.
trachycarpa, trachys, τραχυϛ, "rough, rugged, rocky", carpos, καρποϛ, "fruit"; meaning rough seeded.


Tordylium trachycarpum, Ainsworthia trachycarpa, Cow parsnip, סלסילה מצויה
Date Picture Taken: April 8, 2007