Apiaceae

Ammi visnaga

Ammi L. Ammi visnaga (L.) LAM. Ömür: Tek veya İki yıllık Yapı: ot Hayat formu: İlk çiçeklenme zamanı: 5 Son çiçeklenme zamanı: 8 Habitat: tarlalar ve ovalar Minimum yükseklik: 0 Maksimum yükseklik: 700 Endemik: - Element: Akdeniz Türkiye dağılımı: Trakya, Dış ve D. (G. uç) Anadolu Genel dağılımı: G. Avrupa, K. Afrika, Kıbrıs, K. Irak, İran Bulunduğu kareler:A2 A3 A5 A6 A7 B1 C1 C2 C3 C5 C6 C7 C8

A. visnaga (L.) Lam., Fl. Fr. 3:462 (1778). Syn: Daucus visnaga L., Sp. PI. 242 (1753). Figure 6, p. 275.   Erect stout annual or biennial. Stem 15-100 cm. Leaves 2-pinnate, triangular-ovate in outline, 7-18x5-12 cm, glabrous, green, ultimate segments 1-2-pin-natisect; lobes linear or linear-filiform, 5-25 x 0-5-1 mm, apiculate. Umbels long-pedunculate, rays c. 30-150, spreading, 1-9 cm, slender in flower, becoming erect and thickened in fruit; bracts numerous, 1-2-pinnatisect with filiform-subulate lobes, usually equalling rays; umbellule many-flowered, fruiting pedicels thickened ; bracteoles simple, subulate. Mericarps c. 2 x 1 mm. Fl. 5-8. Fallow fields and plains, s.1.-700 m.   Described from S. Europe (Hb. Cliff.!).   Turkey-in-Europe, Outer & E. (southern) Anatolia, Islands. A1(E) Tekirdağ: nr. Tekirdağ, A. Bay top 13471! A2(E) Istanbul: Silivri to Tekirdağ, nr. road fork to Tekirdağ, s.l., D. 39208! A2(A) Istanbul: 2 km W. of Yalova, M. & D. Zohary 3296! A3 Zonguldak: 3 km S. of Devrek, 250 m, Külme 3225! A5 Amasya: nr. Amasya, Bomm. 1890:2205! A6 Samsun: Samsun to Bafra, D. 24961! A7 Trabzon: Dsğirmendere, Kasapligil. Bl Izmir: nr. Izmir, 19 x 1867, J. Ball! Cl Aydin: Çine Çay, S. of Aydin, 30 viii 1932, Kot te! C2 Muğla: Köyceğiz to Fethiye, Khan et al. 148! C3 Antalya: Manavgat to Alanya, A. Baytop 9769! C5 Adana: Adana to Misis, 2 vii 1906, B. Post 792! C6 Gaziantep: Aintab (Gaziantep), Hb. Post. C7 Urfa: d. Siverek, Titris, Sint. 1888:1389! C8 Diyarbakir: Diyarbakir, Sint. 1888: 1389b! Is: Lesvos, Mytilene, Cand.; Khios, Kondar, Platt 320! Samos, d'Urv.; Rodhos, Rodino, Vacc.   S. Europe, N. Africa, Cyprus, N. Iraq, Iran. Medit. element. A medicinal plant. This species and A. majus differ in the chemical substance of their fruits (see T. Baytop. 1960. A study on the fruits of A. visnaga L. in 1st. Tip. Fak. Mean. 23:703-712.).