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Apiaceae

The carrot family

Carrots, celery, parsley and a long list of seed spices, with flowers in umbrella-like umbels.

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⚠️ Worth knowing

Celery is one of the 14 allergens UK law requires to be declared, and people with celery allergy may react to coriander, cumin, fennel, caraway and dill; see Spice allergies. The family also includes hemlock; see Poisonous lookalikes.

🌿 Herbs (10)

Angelica
The towering northern herb of candied stems and monastic liqueurs
Celery leaf
Leaf celery and smallage, the herb-like face of celery
Chervil
The delicate, lacy herb of spring
Coriander (cilantro)
The world's most divisive herb
Culantro
The saw-toothed leaf that tastes like coriander, only more so
Dill
Feathery, sweet and essential to northern and eastern Europe
Fennel
Feathery, aniseed-sweet fronds, wild stalks and golden pollen
Lovage
A giant perennial that tastes of intense celery
Parsley
The indispensable green of European cooking
Sweet cicely
The aniseed-sweet herb that tames rhubarb

🫚 Spices (9)

Ajwain
Carom seed: a tiny seed that tastes loudly of thyme
🌶️ Heat Mild
Aniseed
The original anise, and the flavour behind ouzo and raki
Asafoetida
Hing: the foul-smelling resin that becomes onion and garlic in hot oil
Caraway
The seed in rye bread, seed cake and sauerkraut
Celery seed
Tiny, bitter, intensely celery-scented seeds for pickles, slaws and celery salt
Coriander seed
The mild, citrusy seed of the coriander plant, and nothing like its leaves
Cumin
The warm, earthy seed behind curry, chilli and couscous
Dill seed
The caraway-like seed of dill, essential to dill pickles and rye bread
Fennel seed
Sweet, green anise, and the flavour of Italian sausage

Related families

Others in Asterids.

Rubiaceae · coffee and madder family Boraginaceae · borage family Solanaceae · nightshade family Lamiaceae · mint family Pedaliaceae · sesame family Verbenaceae · verbena family Asteraceae · daisy family Adoxaceae · moschatel family

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