Family: Apiaceae
Kingdom: Plantae Rank: Family Parent: Apiales Status: Valid
Common Names:
- Carrot Family - English, United States of America
Vegetative Morphology
Habit: Aquatic or terrestrial herbs, rarely shrubs.
Leaves: Leaves simple or compound, alternate or opposite, rather variable, and often deeply lobed or dissected.
Reproductive Morphology
Fruit: Fruit an achene.
Infructescence: Infructescence axillary or terminal.
Other
Uses: Many genera are edible and are cultivated as the source of spices or edible roots. Several species are medicinal and are valued for their diaphoretic, diuretic, carminative, expectorant, analgesic, astringent, and nervine properties.
Notes: Plants often aromatic.