Flora canaria > Especies silvestres
Capnophyllum peregrinum
Capnophyllum peregrinum (L.) Lag.
Familia
APIACEAE
Piojopuerco
Capnophyllum peregrinum is an annual herbaceous plant belonging to the Umbelliferae or Apiaceae family.
It is an annual, erect, glabrous (hairless) plant with a striated, hollow or solid stem that can reach up to 60 cm in height. Its leaves are tripinnate (highly divided or dissected).
It produces small white flowers arranged in umbels (umbrella-shaped inflorescences). Its fruits are schizocarps (consisting of two achenes) that are ovoid and flattened, characterised by prominent transverse wrinkles.
It is native to the Mediterranean region (including parts of Spain, Andalusia, North Africa and the Near East), and has also been recorded in ruderal or fallow environments, as well as in the Canary Islands (such as La Gomera). It prefers deep, clayey or loamy soils, and usually germinates during autumn and winter, flowering in spring (March–May).
La Gomera, Tenerife, Gran Canaria
Piojopuerco
Capnophyllum peregrinum is an annual herbaceous plant belonging to the Umbelliferae or Apiaceae family.
It is an annual, erect, glabrous (hairless) plant with a striated, hollow or solid stem that can reach up to 60 cm in height. Its leaves are tripinnate (highly divided or dissected).
It produces small white flowers arranged in umbels (umbrella-shaped inflorescences). Its fruits are schizocarps (consisting of two achenes) that are ovoid and flattened, characterised by prominent transverse wrinkles.
It is native to the Mediterranean region (including parts of Spain, Andalusia, North Africa and the Near East), and has also been recorded in ruderal or fallow environments, as well as in the Canary Islands (such as La Gomera). It prefers deep, clayey or loamy soils, and usually germinates during autumn and winter, flowering in spring (March–May).
La Gomera, Tenerife, Gran Canaria
