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Tordylium trachycarpum

Tordylium trachycarpum is an annual wild flower in the carrot family, native to the eastern Mediterranean region and northern Iraq, and is not a commonly grown garden or houseplant. Grow it as a sunny, well-drained annual sown from seed in spring or autumn.

Family
Apiaceae (Carrot family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Water lightly while establishing, then let the soil dry between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, poor to moderately fertile soil.
Temperature
10–30 °C; protect from frost.
How easy
Easy
Native range
E. Medit. to N. Iraq
Climate
subtropical

About

Tordylium trachycarpum is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native to Western Asia and European Turkey. It was first described by Pierre Edmond Boissier in 1849 as Ainsworthia trachycarpa.

Other Ainsworthia plants

Tordylium elegans

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tordylium trachycarpum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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