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Carum L.

Carum (en), Carvi (fr)

Genus

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae

Characteristics

Herbs biennial or short lived perennial, glabrous. Taproot tuberous, fusiform, elongate or cylindrical. Stem usually branched above, base with or without papery remnant sheaths. Basal leaves petiolate, narrowly sheathing; blade 2–4-pinnate; ultimate segments linear or lanceolate. Stem leaves gradually reduced upward. Umbels compound, terminal. Calyx teeth obsolete, rarely present, narrowly triangular. Petals broadly obovate, white, rarely pinkish or purplish, midvein yellow or yellow-green, base cuneate, with an inflexed apex. Stylopodium conic; styles recurved. Fruit oblong-ellipsoid or oblong-ovoid, slightly laterally compressed, glabrous; ribs 5, filiform, prominent; vittae 1(–3) in each furrow, 2–4 on commissure. Seed face plane. Carpophore 2-parted.
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Fr oblong to elliptic, flattened laterally, glabrous, the ribs narrow but prominent; oil-tubes solitary in the intervals, 2 on the commissure; carpophore bifid to the base; umbels compound, terminal and lateral, pedunculate; bracts few and subulate, or none; rays several to many; bractlets few and minute, or none; umbellets small, with very unequal pedicels; sep none; pet white (pink); stylopodium low-conic; taprooted biennials or perennials, the lvs pinnately dissected into linear or filiform segments. 30, widespread.
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Images

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Distribution

Carum world distribution map, present in China and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:39776-1
WFO ID wfo-4000006845
COL ID 3HXF
BDTFX ID 86100
INPN ID 190376
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Carui Carum Banium

Lower taxons

Carum carvifolium Carum caucasicum Carum diversifolium Carum graecum Carum meoides Carum pachypodium Carum polyphyllum Carum proliferum Carum asinorum Carum atlanticum Carum buriaticum Carum grossheimii Carum heldreichii Carum iminouakense Carum jahandiezii Carum lacuum Carum leucocoleon Carum meifolium Carum rupicola Carum appuanum Carum carvi
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