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Plant Detail
Botanical Name
Anethum graveolens - L.
Family
Apiaceae
Common Name
Sowa, Dill Seed, Garden Dill
Habit
Herb
Synonym
Anethum arvense Salisb
Habitat
Cultivated
Color Of Flower
Yellow
Key Characters
Fruits winged, petals yellow, leaflets filiform.
Systematic Position
Division :
Dicotyledonae
 
Class :
Polypetalae
 
Series :
Calyciflorae
 
Order :
Umbellales
Plant Description

Erect, glabrous, scented, branched, annual herb; stem and branches glabrous, green, striated; leaves pinnately decompounds (3-4 pinnate), ultimate divisions narrow, 2-3 cm long, filiform or linear; bracts- bracteoles absent; flowers yellow, many with slender pedicels, in compound umbels; sepals minute or absent; petals obovate, emarginate or 2-fid; stylopodium conical; stamens 5, epigynous; ovary 2-locular, glabrous, style short; fruit ovoid, dorsoventrally compressed, lateral ridges distinct, broader, narrowly winged.

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