Arnoseris Explained
Arnoseris is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[1] [2] [3]
The only known species is Arnoseris minima, native to Europe, Morocco, and the Middle East; naturalized in parts of northeastern North America (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Maine, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan).[4] [5] Common names in the United States: dwarf nipplewort or lamb-succory.[6] Common names in the British Isles: lamb's succory.
It has a maximum height of 30 cm, is herbaceous and does not spread vegetatively.[7]
The species became extinct across the British Isles in 1971.[8] There was an attempt to reintroduce the species, and there has been one recent sighting in England.[9]
Arnoseris minima is an annual weed of cornfields and fallow fields, favouring infertile, sandy, acidic soils.[10]
The word 'succory' is an anglicization of the French 'cichorie' (chicory). The 'lamb' in the name denotes that it is a chicory only suitable for animal consumption.[11] The genus Arnoseris comes from the Ancient Greek 'arnos seris' meaning 'sheep's endive'. The species epithet minima means 'small'.[12]
Secondary metabolites
Arnoseris minima is a source of the simple coumarin aesculetin and the flavonoids luteolin, luteolin 7-O-β-D-glucoside, luteolin 4'-O-β-D-glucoside, and 3-O-methylquercetin.[13]
Notes and References
- https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37208346#page/411/mode/1up Gaertner, Joseph. 1791. De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum. 2(3): 355
- https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37208346#page/655/mode/1up Gaertner, Joseph. 1791. De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum. 2(3):plate 157, figure 3
- http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40019772 Tropicos, Arnoseris Gaertn.
- http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Arnoseris%20minima.png Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
- http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=arnoseris+minima Altervista Flora Italiana, Arnoseris minima (L.) Schweigg. & Korte
- Brako, L., A.Y. Rossman & D.F. Farr. 1995. Scientific and Common Names of 7,000 Vascular Plants in the United States 1–294.
- https://www.brc.ac.uk/plantatlas/plant/arnoseris-minima Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora
- https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2018/05/extinct-and-rare-plants/ Woodland Trust - 7 Extinct Plants in the UK and the Rarest Plants to Save
- https://www.brc.ac.uk/plantatlas/plant/arnoseris-minima Online Atlas of the British Flora
- https://www.brc.ac.uk/plantatlas/plant/arnoseris-minima Online Atlas of the British Flora
- https://books.google.com/books?id=1JJHAQAAMAAJ&dq=succory+etymology&pg=PA327 a New Universal Etymological and Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language
- http://beta.semanticfna.org/wiki/Arnoseris Flora of North America
- 2005 . Zidorn, C . Udovičić, V . Spitaler, R . Ellmerer, E P . Stuppner, H . Secondary metabolites from Arnoseris minima. 33 . 827–829 . 0305-1978 . Biochemical Systematics and Ecology . 8 . 10.1016/j.bse.2004.12.026. 2005BioSE..33..827Z .
