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Carlesia sinensis Dunn

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Carlesia

Characteristics

Plants 10–30 cm. Taproot 8–15 mm thick. Basal petioles 2.5–8.5 cm; blade 2.5–7 × 1–3.5 cm: ultimate segments linear, 4–10 × ca. 1 mm. Upper leaves reduced, 3-parted. Umbels 1.8–4 cm across; peduncles 1.5–8 cm; bracts 5–8 × ca. 1 mm; rays 7–12(–20), 1–3 cm; bracteoles 2–5 mm; umbellules many-flowered; pedicels 2–3 mm. Calyx teeth 0.6–1 × 0.2–0.5 mm, abaxially pubescent. Fruit ca. 1.3 × 0.8 mm. Fl. and fr. Jul–Sep.
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A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It has an aroma. It grows 10-30 cm high. It has a stout carrot like taproot. The leaves are in a ring on slender leaf stalks 4-6 cm long. The leaf blade is oval and 3-9 cm long. There are 3 leaflets with the end one being 5-8 mm long by 1 mm wide. The flowers are white. They are in groups in the axils of leaves or at the ends of branches.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.3
Root system tap-root
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Environment

It is a temperate plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

The young plants are used for flavouring vegetable and meat dishes.
Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Carlesia sinensis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:839618-1
WFO ID wfo-0000588056
COL ID 5XBPD
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Synonyms

Cuminum sinensis Seseli taquetii Carlesia sinensis Cuminum sinense
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