Falcaria vulgaris

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: Apioideae
Tribus: Careae
Genus: Falcaria
Species: Falcaria vulgaris
Name

Falcaria vulgaris Bernh., 1800
Synonyms

Bunium falcaria (L.) Bieb.
Carum falcaria (L.) Lange
Critamus agrestis (Hoffm.) Bess.
Critamus falcaria (L.) Rchb.
Drepanophyllum agreste Hoffm.
Drepanophyllum falcaria (L.) Simonk.
Drepanophyllum falcaria Desv.
Drepanophyllum sioides Wib.
Falcaria agrestis (Hoffm.) Oken
Falcaria falcaria (L.) Karst.
Falcaria glauca Dulac
Falcaria neglectissima Klok.
Falcaria persica Stapf et Wettst. ex Stapf
Falcaria rivini Host
Falcaria serrata St.-Lager
Falcaria sioides (Wib.) Aschers.
Helosciadium falcaria (L.) Hegetschw.
Prionitis falcaria (L.) Dum.
Selinum falcaria (L.) E. H. L. Krause
Seseli falcaria (L.) Crantz
Sium falcaria L.
Sium falcatum (L.) Dubois

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
Albania, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Switzerland, Spain, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia & Kosovo, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Crimea, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, C-, S- & E-European Russia, Ukraine, Moldavia, Belarus
Continental: Asie
Northern Caucasus, Azerbaijan (incl. Nachichevan), Armenia, Georgia [Caucasus], Siberia (W-Siberia), Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, +Algeria, Turkey (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, S-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia), European Turkey, Iran (EC-Iran, NE-Iran: Mts., N-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan, W-Iran), Iraq (NE-Iraq, NW-Iraq), Israel (Rift Valley, N-Israel, Judean Desert), Jordania (S-Jordania, W-Jordania), Lebanon (Antilebanon, C-Lebanon), Syria (C-Syrian Desert, NW-Syria, Jbel Druze), Afghanistan (Faryab, Herat, Jawzjan / Sar-e-Pol)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Bernhardi, J.J., Syst. Verz. 176. 1800

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Falcaria vulgaris. 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 Aug. 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Falcaria vulgaris. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 22 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Falcaria vulgaris in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 22.
Tropicos.org 2018. Falcaria vulgaris. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Aug. 2018.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Falcaria vulgaris in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names
suomi: Sirppiputki
русский: Резак обыкновенный

Falcaria vulgaris, the sickleweed[1] or longleaf,[2] is the sole species in the genus Falcaria. It is a biennial herb of the spherical shape. Blossoms in June–July. Grows in Europe, Siberia, Middle East, Northern Africa, North and South Americas. Contains alkaloids, carotene, vitamin C, proteins.
Eremurus and falcaria leaves are consumed as food in Armenia
References

USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Falcaria vulgaris". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
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