Pimpinella huillensis Engl.

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Synonyms:	Pimpinella welwitschii Engl.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Biennial or perennial herb up to 1.5 m, with a woody taproot. Basal leaves broadly ovate, rarely shallowly 3-lobed, cordate at the base; margins finely toothed. Petioles very long, up to 20 cm. Leaves higher on the stem sessile, 3-lobed almost to the base; lobes linear with scattered long lobe-like teeth on the margins. Inflorescences much-branched umbels, lateral and terminal. Ultimate umbels c. 10-flowered. Flowers white, petals conspicuously curled in at the apices. Fruit 1-2 mm, ovoid, laterally compressed, hairy.
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Habitat:	In open woodland
Altitude range:	Up to 1550 m
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Worldwide distribution:	Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique (possibly also DRC and Tanzania per FZ 4)
Mozambique distribution:	N
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Content last updated:	Wednesday 20 June 2007
Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 65. Cannon, J.F.M. (1978). Apiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Page 593. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 24. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 18.

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