Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Bupleurum semicompositum L.
Family : UMBELLIFERAE (APIACEAE)
Genus : Bupleurum
Province distribution : Alicante. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castellón. Gerona. Lérida. Tarragona. Valencia.
Distribution in the islands : Cabrera. Formentera. Ibiza. Mallorca. Minorca.
General distribution : Mediterranean
Flowering time : April. May.
Life-forms : Terophyte.
Habitat : Therophytic communities.
IUCN Category : Poco preocupante
Characteristics : A small, annual cycle plant, it is frequent in terophitic plains. The yellowish-green leaves are flat and are broader towards the end; all of them are arranged on one plane. It can be confused with Bupleurum baldense, although Bupleurum semicompositum has short, linear umbel bracts, whereas the other has larger ones which stick out of the inflorescence radius.
