| Accepted name: |
Ligusticum scoticum L. ssp. scoticum |
| Synonym(s): |
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| English names: |
Sea Parsley
Scotch Lovage
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| French names: |
Livêche écossaie
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HLIGSCS
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Cultivated as a medicinal plant in British gardens at the end of the Middle Ages. Formerly collected as a wild vegetable (Scotland, Alaska). The young shoots and leafstalks have been eaten blanched like celery(1). |
| Key Characters: |
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