Citation: Sprengel in Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. 6:xxxviii, 448 (1820).

Synonymy: Coriandrum testiculatum L., Sp. Pl. 256 (1753).

Common name: Bifora.

Description:
Glabrous annual, 20-35 cm high, strong foetid smelling; stem striate, branched; basal leaves pinnatisect with 3-partite segments and angular lobes, denticulate; stem-leaves 2-pinnatisect, with divaricate acute linear lobes.

Rays 1-4, striate, to 10 mm long; involucral bracts 0 or 1; umbellules with 2 or 3 subulate bracteoles and 2 or 3 flowers; petals white, emarginate, of all flowers almostequal; style recurved to the level of the disk.

Fruit didymous, much wrinkled, c. 2.5-3.5 mm long, 4.5-7 mm broad, indented at the base, with a short beak at the apex; style very short.

Published illustration: Hegi (1926) Illustrierte Flora von Mittel-Europa 5, 2:fig. 2399 c, d; Zohary (1972) Flora Palaestina 2:t. 580.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: NL, YP, SL.   Native to southern Europe. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Oct. — Dec.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

Uses: The fruits are used as a spice like those of Coriandrum sativum (coriander), with which Bifora is most closely related.

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