Family | APIACEAE |
Genus species | Carum caucasicum (M.Bieb.) Boiss. |
Synonyms | Laserpitium caucasicum M.Bieb. |
Carum colchicum Lipsky | |
Carum humile Boiss. & Balansa | |
Habitat | grassland and screes |
Altitude | 2500-3300m |
Description | taproot, lower leaves vaginate-petiolate, oblong, bipinnatisect, terminal segments lanceolate, entire or dentate, 2-3cm, rays unequal, 4-7, glabrous |
Size | 5-35cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus (North Caucasus , Transcaucasus ) Western Asia (Iran , Iraq , Turkey) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | APIACEAE
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