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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Apiaceae
Carum carvi L.
caraway
Carum: perhaps for country Caria
carvi: old official name of Carum
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| Status: | Introduced - escaped |
| Plant: | erect, biennial, 1'-5' tall, smooth forb; green stems not spotted; taprooted |
| Flower: | white, 5-parted; inflorescence compound, loose umbels with small, uneven umbellets; blooms June-Aug. |
| Fruit: | dry, splitting into 2 seeds- fruit: seed: |
| Leaf: | pinnately-divided into very thin segments, the thickened base clasping the stem  |
| Habitat: | disturbed sites |
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