DILL
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DILL

Anethum graveolens
PARSLEY FAMILY (Apiaceae)

Identification

  • Flowering time - April, May, June, July, August
  • Rare (single occurrence) at FF
  • Umbrella-like clusters of tiny yellow flowers
  • Feathery, thread-like leaves
  • DILL
  • DILL
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This cultivated and strongly aromatic annual herb was introduced from Asia by way of Europe. The plant can grow up to 5 feet tall in favorable conditions. It has tiny yellow flowers arranged in flat-topped umbrella-shaped clusters (compound umbels) as shown (A,B). The feathery leaves are divided into many threadlike segments as shown in (C).

One plant was found in 2012 along the boardwalk on the Fontenelle Forest floodplain likely growing from seed deposited by the floods of previous years.  Flowering occurs from April to August.

Dill has been used for centuries as a culinary herb.  Like several other plants in the Parsley Family, it is a host species for the Black Swallowtail butterfly.

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