Anethum graveolens

Dill

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Common names

Dill.

Scientific name

Anethum graveolens L.

Conservation status and threats

NOT protected species in Bulgaria.

The species with its native population is listed in the Red Data Book of Bulgaria to the category "Endangered"¹.

Description and identification

Anethum graveolens is an annual herbaceous plant. Root tapering, with filiform lateral roots. Stem 40–150 cm, branched, glaucous. Leaves 1.5–3.5 cm, long petiolate, with scarious sheath margin, ovate, with 8–15 mm long, 1.1–1.5 mm wide, linear to filiform, furcate segments. Inflorescence compound umbel, with 30–50 main rays. Umbels with 15–35 flowers. Flowers 2.0–2.5 mm in diameter, petals 1.2–1.5 × 0.8–0.9 mm, ovate, deeply incised at apex, yellow. Fruits ovate, dorsally compressed, with 3, thin, parallel ribs. Flowering June-July².

Habitat

On rocks at sea shores and river banks. Populations consist of few individuals or small groups³.

Distribution in Bulgaria

Black Sea coast (south of Nesebar, Pomorie, Sozopol, Ahtopol), Danubian Plain (Ruse)⁴.

References

1 Chavdar Gussev. 2015. In: Red Data Book of the Republic of Bulgaria. Volume 1 - Plants & Fungi.

2 Chavdar Gussev. 2015. In: Red Data Book of the Republic of Bulgaria. Volume 1 - Plants & Fungi.

3 Chavdar Gussev. 2015. In: Red Data Book of the Republic of Bulgaria. Volume 1 - Plants & Fungi.

4 Chavdar Gussev. 2015. In: Red Data Book of the Republic of Bulgaria. Volume 1 - Plants & Fungi.

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