Herbs biennial or short lived perennial or cylindrical. Stem
usually branched above, base with or without papery . Basal
leaves , narrowly sheathing or lanceolate. Stem leaves gradually
reduced upward. Umbels compound . 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 conic; styles recurved. Fruit oblong-
ellipsoid or oblong-ovoid, slightly laterally compressed ,
glabrous; ribs ; vittae 1(-3) in each furrow, 2-4 on commissure
. Seed face . Carpophore 2-parted. About 20 species: N temperate
zone; four species (one endemic) in China. This widespread genus
has very uncertain limits . Publishing author : Benth. & Hook.f.
Publication : Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 1(3): 891 1867 [Sep
1867] Members of the genus Carum ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3
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