Description The plant is similar in appearance to other members of the carrot family, with finely divided, feathery leaves with thread-like divisions, growing on stems. The main flower stem is tall, with small white or pink flowers in compound umbels composed of 5–16 unequal rays long. Caraway fruits, informally called seeds, are smooth, crescent-shaped, laterally compressed achenes, around long, with five pale ridges and a distinctive pleasant smell when crushed.Tutin TG. 1980. Umbellifers of the British Isles. BSBI Handbook No. 2. It flowers in June and July.
Description The plant is similar in appearance to other members of the carrot family, with finely divided, feathery leaves with thread-like divisions growing on stems. The main flower stem is tall, with small white or pink flowers in compound umbels composed of 5–16 unequal rays long. Caraway fruits, informally called seeds, are smooth, crescent-shaped, laterally compressed achenes, around long, with five pale ridges and a distinctive pleasant smell when crushed.Tutin TG. 1980. Umbellifers of the British Isles. BSBI Handbook No. 2. It flowers in June and July.