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Bishop's Flower
Ammi majus L.
Apiaceae (Carrot Family)
▲▼ mature, flowering plants
▲▼ mature, flowering plants
▲ flower detail
▲▼ basal leaves
Ammi majus
L.; Bishops Flower:
(Bayer Code:
AMIMI; US Code AMMA)
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Cool-season annual or biennial in the Carrot family
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First produces a rosette of overall oval leaves that are pinnately-divided
into oval, toothed lobes
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Leaves and stems are hairy; flowering stem grows 1-3 feet tall
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Inflorescences are open umbels of clusters of tiny white flowers
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Appears somewhat similar to
wild carrot, but wild carrot has a very
tight umbel, and the basal leaves on wild carrot are very finely-divided and
feathery
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Fruit is oval, ridged, upright, green to yellow-tan when ripe
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Not widely seen in midwest
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Posted 15 January 2019