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Ammoides pusilla (Small Bullwort) |
Ammoides pusilla (APIACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Ammoides pusilla (Brotero) Breistroffer
Published in Bull. Soc. Sci. Dauph. 61: 628 (1947) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : | Apiaceae
Lindl. (=Umbelliferea) (The Carrot Family)
34 species from the Apiaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Small Bullwort | Maltese name(s) : | Dakra żgħira | Status for Malta : | Indigenous. Present on the Maltese islands before man | Frequency : | Very Common Common
Frequent Scarce Rare
Very rare Extinct
| Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: THEROPHYTE (annuals)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Mar-Jun | Colour of Flowers: | White |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Dry pastures and open ground |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Neglected or harvested fields, field margins, steppe, garigue close to arable land. |
Botanical Description: |
Slender, glabrous annual 10-50 cm. Leaves glaucescent, the lower 2-pinnate, oblong in outline, with 7-11 pairs of very short lobes, the middle with 3-5 pairs of segments, the upper usually with 2-3 long, filiform segments. Rays 5-11, slender, unequal. Bracts absent, or few and caducous; bracteoles 4-6, some linear-lanceolate, others spathulate and inflated distally, with an acuminate apex. Pedicels unequal. Fruit c. 1 mm. |
Distributional range: |
Mediterranean region, extending to Portugal |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Albania, Corse, Greece, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), ex-Jugoslavia, Portugal, Sardinia, Sicily and/or Malta |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
? Ag Al BH Cg Co Ct Eg Gr Hs(S) It Li Lu Ma Sa Si(M S) Tn [aGa(F) aGe] |
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