Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Anethum graveolens L> Sp. PI. 263. 1753
Peucedanum Anethum Baillon, Traite Bot. Med. 1045. 1884.
Alternately branching above, 4-17 dm. high; leaves oblong to obovate in general outline, excluding the petioles 13-35 cm. long, 11-20 cm. broad, pinnately decompound, the ultimate divisions filiform, 4-20 mm. long, less than 0.5 mm. broad; petioles 5-6 cm. long; upper cauline leaves greatly reduced; peduncles 7-16 cm. long; rays 10-45, spreading, 3-10 cm. long; pedicels 20-50, 6-10 mm. long; fruit ovoid, about 4 mm. long, 2 mm. broad.
Type locality: "Inter Lusitaniae et Hispaniae segetes," collector unknown.
Distribution: Europe; adventive throughout the United States, Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies.
- bibliographic citation
- Albert Charles Smith, Mildred Esther Mathias, Lincoln Constance, Harold William Rickett. 1944-1945. UMBELLALES and CORNALES. North American flora. vol 28B. New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
