Bifora (plant)
''Bifora'' is a cosmopolitan genus of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, of disjunct distribution, with 3 species, two Eurasian and one American. *''Bifora radians'' has a range extending from Spain eastward through south central and Southern Europe to Iran. *''Bifora testiculata'' has a wider and more southerly distribution, extending west–east from Spain to Uzbekistan and taking in, to the south, North Africa, the Levant and Saudi Arabia. *''Bifora americana'' (Common name: ''prairie bishop's weed'') has a southerly distribution within the United States, being confined to Texas and Arkansas, although it has also been introduced into Alabama. Description Annual herbs. Leaves doubly pinnatisect. Inflorescence bearing usually both bracts and bracteoles. Sepals absent. Petals white, slightly emarginate, tips inflexed. Fruits schizocarp, the mericarps subglobose with rugose (warty) exteriors and short stylopodium and united by a narrow zone of commissure; ribs insignificant ...
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