Scientific name:

Bupleurum subovatum

Vernacular name:

Thorow-wax, False

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False Thorow-wax

Scientific name: Bupleurumsubovatum Link ex Spreng.

Diagnostic features
Differs from Bupleurum rotundifolium in leaves ovate to narrowly so, 2.5-6 x 1.5-2.8cm.
Umbels with 2-3 rays.
Fruits 3.5-5mm.

Chromosome number: (2n=16).

Habitat
Introduced-casual.

Distribution
Common birdseed-alien over much of British Isles; Mediterranean.

This species is keyed out on Page 916 in the Text Key.

Note
Very commonly mistaken for Bupleurum rotundifolium.

Bupleurumsubovatum Link ex Spreng.
Bupleurum lancifolium auct. non Hornem.
Bupleurum intermedium (Loisel. ex DC.) Steud.

False Thorow-wax (English)
Thorow-wax, False [English]

Tutin, T.G. 1980. Umbellifers of the British Isles. BSBI Handbook No. 2. Botanical Society of the British Isles, London. Illustrated by Ann Davies.

Bupleurum subovatum 2 (Flowering, picture taken in Berks by J. Mason)
Bupleurum subovatum 3 (Flowering habit, picture taken in Spain by R. van der Meijden)
Bupleurum subovatum 4 (Flowering, picture taken in Berks by J. Mason)
Bupleurum subovatum a (Habit and fruit details, drawing by A. Davies in Tutin, 1980; BSBI Handbook 2.)

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