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Common Names
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Taxonomy
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TAXON
Carum carvi L.
FAMILY
Apiaceae Lindl.
ALTERNATE FAMILY
nom. cons.
GENUS
Carum L.
SPECIES
carvi L. Sp. pl. 1:263. 1753
Plant Description
Perennial, up to 70 cm tall, branched, glabrous. Root fusiform, elongated. Leaves bipinnatisect; segments filiform to lanceolate or oval, lower leaves petio¬late, upper sessile; bases sheathing; sheath margin white, membranous. Involucre of 1-5 linear bracts or lacking. Rays 5-9, unequal. Involucel of minute bractlets or lacking. Flowers white or rose coloured. Calyx teeth obscure. Fruit pedicels very unequal. Fruit ovoid to oblong, yellowish brown, 3-4 mm long; ridges prominent, obtuse; furrows 1-vittate; commissure 2-vittate.
