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Carum carvi L.
caraway

       
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Photo of Carum carvi L.
Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. India, Pukar. Usage Requirements.
 
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Carum carvi L.

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Synonyms:
Carum carvi L.

  CAVE20 Carum velenovskyi Rohlena
 

Distribution:
Carum carvi L.

View Native Status
Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (CO, CT, DC, IA, ID, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Carum carvi L.

View 91 genera in Apiaceae, 1 species in Carum
 

Classification:
Carum carvi L.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Rosidae
Order Apiales
Family Apiaceae – Carrot family
Genus Carum L. – carum
Species Carum carvi L. – caraway
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Carum carvi L.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

Colorado:
wild caraway              B list (noxious weeds)
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Carum carvi L.

caraway
wild caraway

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

STATE        Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
WSWS        Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.
 

Introduced Information:
Carum carvi L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Carum carvi L.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 29610.

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 

Related Web Sites:
Carum carvi L.

Invasive Exotic Plants of Canada Project

Purdue University, Center for New Crops & Plants Products: abstract & bibliography

Texas A&M: seed image

Virginia Cooperative Extension: herb horticulture

 
 
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