Levisticum officinale W.D.J.Koch

Kozhin, Mikhail & Sennikov, Alexander, 2022, New records in non-native vascular plants of Russian Lapland, Biodiversity Data Journal 10, pp. 78166-78166 : 78166

Levisticum officinale W.D.J.Koch

Levisticum officinale W.D.J.Koch, Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 12(1): 101 (1824) - Ligusticum levisticum L., Sp. Pl. 1: 250 (1753).

Distribution

Native distribution

Iran.

Secondary distribution

Europe, China, North America, South America.

Distribution in neighbouring territories

Established alien in southern Finland ( Hämet-Ahti 1998b). Casual alien in Karelia, including the northern part ( Kravchenko 2007).

New record

Russia. Murmansk Region. Kirovsk District. Highway Apatity - Kirovsk, 9th km, 33.55772°N, 67.58224°E, birch grass forest near the spring, 15.07.2020, M. Kozhin M-4410 (H, KPABG 046903, MW 1066866).

Pathways of introduction

Escape from confinement: Agriculture.

Frequently cultivated as a salad herb, a vegetable or a spice (lovage). This particular occurrence may be of secondary origin (arrived with relocated waste).

Period of introduction

Russia (after 1991).

It is uncertain how long-persisting this population is. The bad habit of placing garden and household waste along roadsides is relatively new in the Russian North, so we linked this record with the recent decades.

Invasion status

Locally established alien, introduced into natural habitats.

Ecology

Riversides.

Biology

Perennial polycarpic. Hemicryptophyte with caudex and short rhizome.