Smyrnium perfoliatum
(Perfoliate Alexanders)
Family - Apiaceae
Category - Biennial
Origin - Southern Europe
Season of Interest - Spring
Hardiness - H5
Height - 60cm
Width - 60cm
Location - The Woodland Walk
Description: A clump-forming Biennial with an upright, branching habit. Bright green, bipinnate leaves have ovate leaflets with toothed margins and disappear before the flowers are produced. The bright green stem leaves clasp around the stems and are ovate to triangular in shape. Vivid yellow-green, rounded, Bract-like leaves are produced just below the flowers. Very small yellow flowers are produced in umbels from mid to late spring.
Flower:
Very small, bright yellow flowers are held in compound umbels and are produced in April and May.
Flower colour: Yellow
Flower shape: Small flowers in umbels
Flowering time: April, May
Foliage:
Bright green, bipinnate Basal Leaves have Dentate margins and generally disappear before the flowers are produced. The stem leaves are triangular to ovate and the base of each leaf clasps around the stem (Perfoliate). The stem leaves are bright green, with rounded, yellow Bract-like leaves below the flowers.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Bipinnate, triangular, ovate, rounded