Tordylium apulum L.

Posted byTrajche DimitrovskiPosted inApiaceae, Plant families

Taxonomy: Apiaceae// Genus: Tordylium// Species: Tordylium apulum L.

Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Tutin (1968 in Tutin at al., Umbelliferae: key to genera and Tordylium L.), Matevski (2005, Umbelliferae: key to genera) and Micevski (2005 in Matevski, Tordylium L.).

Lifeform: Biennial plant.

Distribution: Native to the Mediterranean Region according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat:  Near roads, urban and suburban areas and other ruderal habitats. Recorded in Kochani, the hilly regions near village of Beli and between the villages of Beli and Nivichani.

Flowering period:  Spring: APR, MAY.

Tordylium apulum – habit. Kochani, 17.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tordylium apulum – habit. Kochani, 17.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tordylium apulum – habit. Kochani, 17.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tordylium apulum – inflorescence. Kochani, 17.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tordylium apulum – inflorescence. Kochani, 17.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tordylium apulum – inflorescence. Kochani, 17.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tordylium apulum – inflorescence. Kochani, 17.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tordylium apulum – inflorescence with bracts and partial umbels with bracteoles. Kochani, 17.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tordylium apulum – flowers. Kochani, 17.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tordylium apulum – partial umbels with bracteoles. Kochani, 17.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tordylium apulum – bracts. Kochani, 17.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tordylium apulum – fruiting inflorescence. Kochani, 17.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tordylium apulum – fruits. Kochani, 17.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tordylium apulum – fruits. Kochani, 17.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tordylium apulum – fruits. Kochani, 17.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tordylium apulum – fruits. Kochani, 17.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tordylium apulum – fruits. Kochani, 17.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tordylium apulum – fruits. Kochani, 17.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tordylium apulum – stem and uppermost leaf. Kochani, 17.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tordylium apulum – stem and leaf. Kochani, 17.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tordylium apulum – stem and leaf. Kochani, 17.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tordylium apulum – stem and leaf. Kochani, 17.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tordylium apulum – adaxial side of cauline leaf. Kochani, 17.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tordylium apulum – abaxial side of cauline leaf. Kochani, 17.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tordylium apulum – stem with leaves. Kochani, 17.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tordylium apulum – basal leaves. Kochani, 17.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tordylium apulum – basal leaf. Kochani, 17.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tordylium apulum – adaxial side of basal leaf. Kochani, 17.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tordylium apulum – abaxial side of basal leaf. Kochani, 17.05.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Tordylium apulum – habit. Kochani, 27.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tordylium apulum – habit. Kochani, 27.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tordylium apulum – flowering stems with inflorescences. Kochani, 27.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tordylium apulum – inflorescence. Kochani, 27.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tordylium apulum – flowers. Kochani, 27.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tordylium apulum – flowers. Kochani, 27.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tordylium apulum – partial umbels with developing fruits and bracteoles. Kochani, 27.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tordylium apulum – bracts. Kochani, 27.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tordylium apulum – cauline leaf. Kochani, 27.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Tordylium apulum – basal leaf. Kochani, 27.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Matevski, V. 2005. Umbelliferae (key to genera), The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia. Vol. I, Book 6. Skopje: Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 1529–1534.

Micevski, K. 2005. Tordylium L. In Matevski, V. (ed.), The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia. Vol. I, Book 6. Skopje: Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 1643–1646.

Tordylium apulum. Hand, R. 2011+: Apiaceae. – In: Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/. https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/7ae34932-e274-4e15-ac0f-1e1326077a79 [Accessed 10.01.2026].

Tordylium apulum L. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:849445-1 [Accessed 19.05.2023].

Tutin, T. G. 1986. Tordylium L. In Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. (eds.), Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 367.

Tutin, T. G. 1968. Umbelliferae (key to genera). In Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. (eds.), Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 315–319.

Last update: 10.01.2026.