Flora canaria > Especies silvestres
Torilis nodosa
Torilis nodosa (L.) Gaertn.
Familia
APIACEAE
Cachurro, Raspillo, Cuernecillo
Torilis nodosa, commonly known as cachurro, bardanilla, cadillo or raspillo, is an annual herbaceous plant belonging to the Apiaceae family. It is native to a wide region spanning western and central Europe, the Mediterranean basin, Macaronesia and south-west Asia, where it typically grows as a common wild plant or weed in disturbed areas.
It is a low-growing plant (between 10 and 50 cm). Its stems are usually branched from the base, growing prostrate or decumbent and tolerating trampling well. They are covered in stiff, downward-pointing hairs (hispid), giving them a rough texture.
The leaves are deeply divided (2–3-pinnately dissected), resembling parsley or wild carrot, and usually grow in a basal rosette.
It produces almost sessile (virtually stalkless) capitate umbels that grow opposite the leaves. The flowers are tiny, with petals ranging from white to pink, and bloom mainly between March and July.
Its mericarps are ovoid and densely covered with hard spines or thorns arranged irregularly. These spines act like small hooks that cling firmly to animals’ fur and clothing.
It thrives easily in nitrogen-rich environments and those altered by human activity. It is extremely common to find it along roadsides, footpaths and walls, in cultivated fields and fallow land, dry grasslands and scrub clearings from sea level up to an altitude of 1,300 metres.
El Hierro, La Palma, La Gomera, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote
Cachurro, Raspillo, Cuernecillo
Torilis nodosa, commonly known as cachurro, bardanilla, cadillo or raspillo, is an annual herbaceous plant belonging to the Apiaceae family. It is native to a wide region spanning western and central Europe, the Mediterranean basin, Macaronesia and south-west Asia, where it typically grows as a common wild plant or weed in disturbed areas.
It is a low-growing plant (between 10 and 50 cm). Its stems are usually branched from the base, growing prostrate or decumbent and tolerating trampling well. They are covered in stiff, downward-pointing hairs (hispid), giving them a rough texture.
The leaves are deeply divided (2–3-pinnately dissected), resembling parsley or wild carrot, and usually grow in a basal rosette.
It produces almost sessile (virtually stalkless) capitate umbels that grow opposite the leaves. The flowers are tiny, with petals ranging from white to pink, and bloom mainly between March and July.
Its mericarps are ovoid and densely covered with hard spines or thorns arranged irregularly. These spines act like small hooks that cling firmly to animals’ fur and clothing.
It thrives easily in nitrogen-rich environments and those altered by human activity. It is extremely common to find it along roadsides, footpaths and walls, in cultivated fields and fallow land, dry grasslands and scrub clearings from sea level up to an altitude of 1,300 metres.
El Hierro, La Palma, La Gomera, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote
