Flora canaria > Especies silvestres
Ferula latipinna
Ferula latipinna A. Santos
Familia
APIACEAE
Cañaheja palmera, Cañaheja de hojas grandes
Ferula latipinna, commonly known as ‘cañaheja palmera’, ‘cañaheja de hojas grandes’ or ‘cañaheja herreña’, is a perennial herbaceous plant of the Apiaceae family. It is a protected species considered to be endemic to the Canary Islands, found exclusively on the islands of La Palma and La Gomera.
It is a robust plant that can grow up to 2 metres tall, with a thickened, persistent root.
Numerous basal leaves are arranged in a rosette; they are glabrous (hairless), greyish-green or glaucous in colour, can exceed 1 metre in length, and are tripinnately or quadripinnately divided.
It produces large umbels (umbrella-shaped inflorescences). The central umbel is larger and bears hermaphroditic flowers, whilst the lateral umbels are smaller and bear male flowers. Its petals are yellow.
Floración se produce de manera estacional entre los meses de enero y abril.
Frutos secos, obovados y completamente glabros.
Esta planta habita principalmente en laderas, escarpes y pequeños andenes rocosos dentro de las zonas de termófilo y monteverde (fayal-brezal). En el archipiélago canario se localiza en La Palma, principalmente en el norte de la isla, en zonas como el barranco de Franceses en Barlovento, y en La Gomera, zonas del norte y centro de la isla, como Las Rosas, riscos entre Agulo y Las Rosas, y Las Carboneras.
La Palma, La Gomera
Cañaheja palmera, Cañaheja de hojas grandes
Ferula latipinna, commonly known as ‘cañaheja palmera’, ‘cañaheja de hojas grandes’ or ‘cañaheja herreña’, is a perennial herbaceous plant of the Apiaceae family. It is a protected species considered to be endemic to the Canary Islands, found exclusively on the islands of La Palma and La Gomera.
It is a robust plant that can grow up to 2 metres tall, with a thickened, persistent root.
Numerous basal leaves are arranged in a rosette; they are glabrous (hairless), greyish-green or glaucous in colour, can exceed 1 metre in length, and are tripinnately or quadripinnately divided.
It produces large umbels (umbrella-shaped inflorescences). The central umbel is larger and bears hermaphroditic flowers, whilst the lateral umbels are smaller and bear male flowers. Its petals are yellow.
Floración se produce de manera estacional entre los meses de enero y abril.
Frutos secos, obovados y completamente glabros.
Esta planta habita principalmente en laderas, escarpes y pequeños andenes rocosos dentro de las zonas de termófilo y monteverde (fayal-brezal). En el archipiélago canario se localiza en La Palma, principalmente en el norte de la isla, en zonas como el barranco de Franceses en Barlovento, y en La Gomera, zonas del norte y centro de la isla, como Las Rosas, riscos entre Agulo y Las Rosas, y Las Carboneras.
La Palma, La Gomera
