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Apiaceae
Visnaga

not marked as a favorite taxon *Visnaga daucoides Gaertner. Common name: Bisnaga, Toothpick-plant. Phenology: May-Jun. Habitat: On ballast, presumably just a waif. Distribution: Native of Mediterranean Europe. In our region, known from Philadelphia (PA), Wilmington (NC), Pensacola (FL), and Mobile (AL).

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Origin/Endemic status: Mediterranean Europe and Africa

Synonymy ⓘ: = K4; Daucus visnaga L.; = Ammi visnaga (L.) Lam. — Fl7, FNA13, MC, RAB, S, S13, Tx, WH3; = n/a — C, F, G, Pa. Basionym: Visnaga daucoides Gaertn. 1789 "Urbasionym:" Daucus visnaga L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Ammi visnaga - FNA13

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