The plant is herbaceous, erect and can reach 2 meters in height. The deep green leaves are long and thin, ending in needle-shaped segments, which harden on the outside in the summer to prevent water loss.
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The plant is herbaceous, erect and can reach 2 meters in height. The deep green leaves are long and thin, ending in needle-shaped segments, which harden on the outside in the summer to prevent water loss.
The inflorescence is an umbel with long peduncles and the flowers are organized in terminal umbels of 10 to 40 florets, entirely golden yellow, on short peduncles at the apex of the primary rays. The Fruit is a schizocarp of 2 clearly separated mericarps, dark brown to blackish in color, about 5mm long, pentagonal and with 5 well-marked lighter ribs1.