Dill

Dill
19th-century botanical illustration[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Anethum
Species:
A. graveolens
Binomial name
Anethum graveolens
Synonyms
Synonymy
  • Anethum arvense Salisb.
  • Angelica graveolens (L.) Steud.
  • Ferula graveolens (L.) Spreng.
  • Pastinaca anethum Spreng.
  • Peucedanum anethum Jess.
  • Peucedanum graveolens (L.) Hiern
  • Peucedanum sowa (Roxb. ex Fleming) Kurz
  • Selinum anethum Roth
  • Selinum graveolens (L.) Vest

Dill (Anethum graveolens) is an annual herb in the celery family Apiaceae.[2] It is native to North Africa, Iran, and the Arabian Peninsula;[3] it is grown widely in Eurasia, where its leaves and seeds are used as a herb or spice for flavouring food.

  1. ^ Thomé, Otto Wilhelm (1888). Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz (in German). Vol. 3. Gera, Germany. p. 142 – via BioDiversity Heritage Library.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ a b "Anethum graveolens L." World Flora Online. World Flora Consortium. 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Anethum graveolens L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.

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