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Carum Linn., Sp. Pl. 263. 1753. Gen. Pl. ed. 5. 127. 1754; Boiss., Fl. Or. 2: 878. 1872; C.B. Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 2: 680. 1879; Wolff in Engler, Pflanzenr. 4, 90:143. 1927; Hiroe, Umb. Asia 1:71. 1958.
Perennial. Taproot elongated. Leaves 2-3-pinnatisect; segments filiform to oval. Flowers white to rose coloured. Calyx teeth 5, minute or obsolete. Stylopo¬dium short, conical. Fruit elliptic or oblong to ovoid; ridges conspicuous; furrows I-(3)-vittate; commissure 2-4-vittate. Inner seed face plane.
A genus of about 30 species in Europe, North Africa and Asia. It is closely allied to Bunium but without a tuberous root.
Lower Taxon
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