I found some wild plants on
Gran Canaria, in the sandy dunes.
This one is from Lanzarote.
Plants on
Gran Canaria, in the sandy dunes.
Plants on
Gran Canaria, in the sandy dunes.
Plants on
Gran Canaria, in the sandy dunes. |
| Author: | Carl Ernst
Otto Kuntze, 1891 |
| Family: |
APIACEAE |
| Origin: |
Canary
Islands, Mauritania, Morocco, Selvagens, Western Sahara |
| Soil: |
Lava Rocks
- Sandy Dunes |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Maximum |
| Thickness: |
7
Centimetres |
| Height: |
70
Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
Yellow |
| Propagate: |
Seeds |
| Names:
|
Canary
Samphire |
| Synonyms: |
Astydamia canariensis, DC.
Astydamia ifniensis, Caball.
Bupleurum canariense, Spreng.
Buprestis latifolia, Spreng.
Crithmum latifolium, L.f.
Heracleum canariense, Choisy ex DC.
Laserpitium crithminum, Link
Levisticum latifolium, Batt.
Tenoria canariensis, Spreng. |
This member of the Apiaceae
family was described by Carl Ernst Otto Kuntze in 1891. It is found
on the Canary Islands, Mauritania, Morocco, Selvagens and Western
Sahara. It grows
on the lava rocks and sandy dunes on the coast with some water and lots of sun. The
fat roots can grow to seven centimetres in diameter, the whole plant
to 70 centimetres height. The flowers are yellow.
"Astydamia": After
Astydamia, daughter of Oceanus. The species name latifolia from Latin
latus,
meaning 'wide leaves'.
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