Endressia pyrenaica (J. Gay ex DC.) J. Gay

Family: UMBELLIFERAE (APIACEAE)

Genus: Endressia

Catalan common name: Endrèssia.

Province distribution: Barcelona. Girona. Lleida.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Boreo- alpine (Arctic-alpine)

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Alpine grasslands.

Characteristics: Sub alpine and alpine ditches, in hollows with deep and decarbonated or acid reacting soils. An herb with a simple and hollow ítem. The leaves are almost all basal, pinnatisect (with segments palmatipartite in pinnatifid lobules) and with the petiole amply sheathed. The umbels are small and dense, without an involucre (seldom with 1-4 bracts).