Citation: L., Sp. Pl. 243 (1753).

Derivation: Greek plant name, originally probably used for Trachyspermum copticum, said to be derived from Greek ammos, sand, referring to the habitat.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Erect branching annual, biennial or perennial herbs, more or less glabrous, with slender tap-roots; leaves petiolate, 1-3 times ternatisect or pinnatisect, with ultimate segments filiform to lanceolate; petioles sheathing.

Compound umbels pedunculate, axillary and terminal; involucral bracts numerous, divided or entire; rays numerous, spreading-ascending; involucel of numerous entire bracteoles; pedicels spreading; petals ovate to obcordate, white or yellowish, the outer larger; apex inflexed, broad, shallowly 2-lobed; calyx teeth minute or absent; styles slender, more than twice as long as the depressed-conical stylopodium.

Fruit ovoid to ovoid-oblong, laterally compressed, constricted at the commissure, glabrous; carpophore entire or 2-fid to the base; ribs prominent, filiform, acute, vittae solitary between the ribs, 2 on the commissure.

Distribution:  About 10 species in southern Europe, western Asia, tropical Africa, Madeira and the Azores; 2 species introduced in Australia.

Biology: No text

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