Daucus montanus Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult.

Daucus montanus Humb. & Bonpl.; Spreng. in R. & S Syst. Veg. 6:482. 1820.
Daucus torilnides DC. Prodr. 4: 214. 1830.
Torilis peruviana Presl; DC. Prodr. 4: 214, as syn. 1830.
Plants annual, 1.2-8 dm. high, the stems usually solitary, erect, simple or few-branched, papillate-hispid with mostly retrorse hairs to glabrate; leaves oblong in general outline, excluding the petioles 3.5-1 1 cm. long, 2.5-5 cm. broad, the ultimate divisions linear, 2-5 mm. long, about 1 mm. broad, acute, more or less hispid; petioles 3-12 cm. long; peduncles 4.5-25 cm. long, relrorsely papillate-hispid; involucre of foliaceous, pinnately decompound bracts, the divisions short, linear; involucel of a few linear, acute bractlets shorter than the pedicels; rays 4-20, unequal, spreading, 1.5-12 cm. long; pedicels unequal, 3-20 mm. .long; fruit oblong, 3-6 mm. long, 2-3 mm. broad, the commissural surface with 2 rows of hispidulous hairs.
Type locality: "In Silla de Caracas," Venezuela, Humboldt & Bonpland.
Distribution: Sonora, Chihuahua, and Vera Cruz to Central America, Colombia, and Ecuador