Flora canaria > Especies silvestres
Bupleurum aciphyllum
Bupleurum salicifolium R. Br. in Buch ssp. aciphyllum (Webb & Berthel.) Sunding & G. Kunkel
Familia
APIACEAE
Anís de risco, hinojo
Bluperum salicifolium, ssp aciphyllum
Anís silvestre, hinojo de risco
A shrubby plant 1–2 m tall, with an elongated, open branching habit. Evergreen or sub-persistent foliage, glaucous green in colour. Leaves simple, alternate, subsessile, linear, entire and with pronounced marginal veins; leaf blade 5 to 10 cm long and 0.4–0.8 cm wide, tapering to a point. Large, terminal inflorescences, forming numerous individual umbels; yellowish flowers. Seeds brown or dark brown in colour.
It flowers in summer, from May to September.
It reproduces by seed.
A Macaronesian species (Canary Islands and Madeira), with a subspecies endemic to the Canary Islands, where it is found on the central and western islands.
In Gran Canaria, it is found mainly in the south-central part of the island.
El Hierro, La Palma, La Gomera, Tenerife, Gran Canaria
Anís de risco, hinojo
Bluperum salicifolium, ssp aciphyllum
Anís silvestre, hinojo de risco
A shrubby plant 1–2 m tall, with an elongated, open branching habit. Evergreen or sub-persistent foliage, glaucous green in colour. Leaves simple, alternate, subsessile, linear, entire and with pronounced marginal veins; leaf blade 5 to 10 cm long and 0.4–0.8 cm wide, tapering to a point. Large, terminal inflorescences, forming numerous individual umbels; yellowish flowers. Seeds brown or dark brown in colour.
It flowers in summer, from May to September.
It reproduces by seed.
A Macaronesian species (Canary Islands and Madeira), with a subspecies endemic to the Canary Islands, where it is found on the central and western islands.
In Gran Canaria, it is found mainly in the south-central part of the island.
El Hierro, La Palma, La Gomera, Tenerife, Gran Canaria
