Carrot family
Umbelliferae
Ak-ti-no’tus. A group of about 15 herbs, native to Australia and New Zealand.
Description
Leaves alternate, twice- or thrice-compound, hairy or woolly. Flowers very small and numerous, in dense umbels that are surrounded by raylike bracts.
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Carrot family
Umbelliferae
Kair’um. A genus of about 30 species of Old World temperate zone herbs.
Description
Leaves mostly basal, much compounded into tiny segments. Flowers minute, white, in small umbels that are grouped in larger umbels. Fruit dry and seedlike.
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Carrot family
Umbelliferae
Pim-pi-nell’a. Numerous species of perennial or annual herbs from the north temperate zone, only the one below grown in gardens.
Description
Leaves twice- or thrice-compound, the ultimate segments mostly toothed. Flowers small, in a compound umbel.
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Carrot family
Umbelliferae
Kor-ee-an’drum. Two species of herbs native to s. Europe and Asia Minor. The species below is cultivated for its fragrant seeds and foliage, used as a seasoning.
Description
Compound leaves and small white flowers in compound umbels.
How to Grow
Easy to grow from seeds. Start indoors in spring or sow outdoors after the danger of frost is past. Needs full sun and average soil. Prefers cool weather.
Coriandrum sativum
Coriander . To 3 ft. (90 cm) high. Flowers small, ? in. (3.2 mm) wide, white, rose, or lavender, in compound umbels, the outer flowers in each umbel sometimes enlarged and raylike. S. Europe. Hardy annual.
Carrot family
Umbelliferae
A-ne’thum. Common Dill . The fruits and leaves are used for seasoning. Native to the Old World.
Description
Leaves are pinnately divided. Flowers small and borne in umbels.
How to Grow
Easily grown from seed. Sow in a sunny, open place with average soil. Prefers cool weather.
Anethum graveolens
Common Dill . To 2 ft. (75 cm) high. Flowers less than ? in. (6 mm) wide, yellowish, the petals soon falling, arranged in a large umbel. Fruit aromatic, flattened. Sw. Asia. Half-hardy annual.
Carrot family
Umbelliferae
Tra-kee-mee’ne. Chiefly Australian annual or perennial herbs comprising over 12 species. Often offered as Didiscus. The species below, a very popular garden and greenhouse annual, is grown for its beautiful flowers, which strongly suggest a pale blue or lavender edition of the common Wild Carrot or Queen Anne’s-Lace.
Description
Erect, weak-stemmed plants. Leaves twice- or thrice-compound, the ultimate segments narrow and cut into 3 narrow lobes. Flowers minute but numerous and borne in a flat umbel.
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Carrot family
Umbelliferae
Fee-nick’you-lum. Three species of Old World herbs.
Description
Leaves twice-compound, leaflets arranged feather-fashion. Flowers small, yellow, in compound umbels.
How to Grow
Sow seeds outdoors in spring or start indoors 4-6 weeks before last frost. Easy to grow in full sun and ordinary soil. Prefers cool weather.
Foeniculum vulgare
Common Fennel . Stems 3-5 ft. (0.9-1.5 cm) high, bluish green. Ultimate leaflets numerous, threadlike. Flowers yellow, small, 15-25 in an umbel. The var. azoricum (Florence, or Sweet, Fennel) has an enlarged leaf base and, when blanched, is used as food; widely grown in Calif. The var. dulce (Carosella) is grown for its tender young edible stems. ‘Redform’ has plumelike bronze foliage. Perennial or biennial grown as a hardy annual.
