Bowlesia incana

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Apiales

Familia: Apiaceae
Subfamilia: Azorelloideae
Genus: Bowlesia
Species: Bowlesia incana
Name

Bowlesia incana Ruiz & Pav., 1802
Synonyms

Bowlesia asiatica Nasir
Bowlesia brevipes Philippi ex Reiche
Bowlesia geraniifolia Chamisso & Schltdl.
Bowlesia incana f. crassifolia Urb.
Bowlesia incana f. tenera (Spreng.) Urb.
Bowlesia nodiflora Presl ex DC.
Bowlesia rubra Larrañaga
Bowlesia septentrionalis Coult. & Rose
Bowlesia tenera Spreng.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
References

Ruiz López, H. & Pavón, J.A. 1802. Fl. Peruv. 3:28, pl. 268, f. a.

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Bowlesia incana. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 13. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Bowlesia incana. Published online. Accessed: Sep 13 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Bowlesia incana in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sep 13.
Tropicos.org 2018. Bowlesia incana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Sep 2018.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Bowlesia incana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names
español: Perejilillo, Boulesia

Bowlesia incana is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae known by the common name hoary bowlesia. It is native to South America and the southeastern and southwestern United States as far north as Oregon. It can also be found in Pakistan and New Zealand as an introduced species. It grows in many types of habitat. This is a small annual herb growing thin, spreading stems less than 60 centimeters long. The leaves are borne on long petioles and have multilobed rounded or kidney-shaped blades less than 3 centimeters wide. The green herbage of the plant is coated in fine white hairs. The inflorescences of yellow-green flowers appear in the leaf axils. The tiny inflated fruit is only 2 millimeters wide.