Species Peucedanum capense
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Etymology of Peucedanum:
Gk. peukedanon = Greek name for Ferula, the ‘hogs-fennel’. The name is said to derive from Gk. peuke = fir, pitch-tree (which leaves it resembles) and -edanon = dry or burning; alluding to the very pungent quality of the root and resinous-smelling seeds.
Etymology of capense:
From the Cape Province of South Africa, previously known as the Cape Colony. In the early days of exploration this epithet was frequently applied to anywhere in South or even Southern Africa.
Scientific name:
Peucedanum capense (Thunb.) Sond.
Common names:
Lidbossie
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Protologue:
Fl. Cap. (Harvey) 2: 554 (1862)
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Year published:
1862
Shrub with stiffly erect branches, to 2 m. Leaves pinnate or bipinnate, petioles winged and clasping, leaflets elliptic-lanceolate, margins occ. revolute Flowers in compound umbels on unbranched peduncles, greenish. Fruits elliptic. Nov.--Mar. Rocky or sandy slopes, KM, SE (Karoo, Swartberg and Outeniqua Mts to Mpumalanga).
Observations of Taxon
Peucedanum capense
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Name of observer:
Auriol Batten (David)
Date observed:
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