Familia
APIACEAE
Ammi procerum is a herbaceous plant of the Apiaceae family, commonly
known as ‘ameo bastardo’.
It is a subspecies native to the
subtropical biome of the Canary Islands (formally recorded on Gran
Canaria) and the island of Madeira.
It is an annual herb, growing
erect and branched, which can reach up to 1 metre in height. Its foliage
consists of alternate, pinnately divided leaves with very narrow
segments.
It produces large, loose, compound umbel-shaped
inflorescences, bearing numerous bracts. Its small flowers are white and
bloom mainly between April and July.
It develops a dry fruit that is
ovoid or oblong in shape and laterally compressed, which splits into two
mericarps when ripe.
Gran Canaria