Flora canaria > Especies silvestres
Ammodaucus nanocarpus
Ammodaucus nanocarpus (Beltrán-Tej.) P. Pérez & A. Velasco
Familia
APIACEAE
Zanahoria canaria de arena
Ammodaucus nanocarpus (commonly known as the Canarian sand carrot) is a small annual herbaceous plant belonging to the Apiaceae family.
It is a delicate, small plant, reaching up to 20 cm in height, with glabrous (hairless) stems that are finely striated and highly branched from the base.
The leaves are light green to greyish-green, bi- or tri-pinnate (with linear or thread-like segments) and slightly fleshy, with petioles widening towards the base.
It bears small umbels with 2 to 8 rays; the flowers are minute (2 to 4 mm), white or whitish-purple in colour, with deciduous petals and persistent sepals.
They measure between 4 and 8 mm, are compressed, straw-coloured or yellowish, and are covered with hairs or long bristles.
It generally flowers between March and April.
It is a Macaronesian–North African endemic species found in the Canary Islands (on the islands of Tenerife and Fuerteventura) and in arid areas along the south-western coast of Morocco.
It grows on sandy terrain, coastal areas, arid inland regions and fields of recent lava flows or malpaís with some soil.
Tenerife, Fuerteventura
Zanahoria canaria de arena
Ammodaucus nanocarpus (commonly known as the Canarian sand carrot) is a small annual herbaceous plant belonging to the Apiaceae family.
It is a delicate, small plant, reaching up to 20 cm in height, with glabrous (hairless) stems that are finely striated and highly branched from the base.
The leaves are light green to greyish-green, bi- or tri-pinnate (with linear or thread-like segments) and slightly fleshy, with petioles widening towards the base.
It bears small umbels with 2 to 8 rays; the flowers are minute (2 to 4 mm), white or whitish-purple in colour, with deciduous petals and persistent sepals.
They measure between 4 and 8 mm, are compressed, straw-coloured or yellowish, and are covered with hairs or long bristles.
It generally flowers between March and April.
It is a Macaronesian–North African endemic species found in the Canary Islands (on the islands of Tenerife and Fuerteventura) and in arid areas along the south-western coast of Morocco.
It grows on sandy terrain, coastal areas, arid inland regions and fields of recent lava flows or malpaís with some soil.
Tenerife, Fuerteventura
