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Ammi L.Apiaceae |
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Alternate trade names
queen anne's lace, green mist Common names
queen anne's lace, false queen anne's lace Species cultivated
Most commonly cultivated Ammi majus L.1 Other species A. visnaga (L.) Lam.1 (green mist) Origin
Mediterranean (Ammi majus), southern Europe (A. visnaga). Brief characterization
Bi- or tri-pinnately compound, serrate leaves with sheathing petioles; small flowers (ca. 3 mm across) in compound umbels; bracts of involucel (subtending secondary umbel) and involucre linear-pinnatisect with filiform lobes or leaflets; sepals very small or absent; corolla of 5 bi-lobed petals. Cultivar and/or species variation
Ammi majus has 15-60 rays and bears white flowers in loose umbels; its cultivars differ little; A. visnaga has up to ca. 150 rays and bears green to white flowers in dense, ordered umbels. May be confused with
Daucus carota L., whose umbels often have a tiny dark colored flower present in the center. Countries exporting
Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.  |
