Apiaceae (Umbelliferae)
Carrot family
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Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) (Carrot family) is a California plant.
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How to tell it apart
vs Asteraceae: Asteraceae pack many tiny flowers into a single head ringed by involucral bracts, so the whole head reads as one bloom; Apiaceae hold their tiny flowers in umbrella-like umbels, each flower on its own little stalk.; vs Brassicaceae: Mustards have 4 petals in a cross and flowers in bractless racemes; Apiaceae have 5-petaled flowers massed in compound umbels above hollow, aromatic stems.; vs Lamiaceae: Mints have square stems, opposite leaves, and 2-lipped flowers; Apiaceae have round, hollow, furrowed stems, alternate compound leaves, and radial 5-parted flowers in umbels.; vs Fabaceae: Legumes have bilaterally symmetric pea flowers and pods; Apiaceae have tiny radial flowers in umbels and dry fruits that split into two mericarps.; vs Arecaceae: Palms are tree-like monocots with a solid trunk and massive fronds; Apiaceae are herbaceous dicots with dissected compound leaves and umbels.
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Sources: Jepson eFlora
Last updated 2026-09-30
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