Carum carvi, SE: Kummin, DE: Echter Kümmel, Wiesen-Kümmel,
NL: Karwij, UK: Caraway

Scientific name:		Carum carvi L.
Swedish name:		Kummin
German name:		Echter Kümmel, Wiesen-Kümmel
Nederlandse naam:		Karwij
English name:		Caraway
Hebrew name:		כרוויה תרבותית‮‬
Family:		Apiaceae/Umbelliferae, Parsley family, Flockblommiga växter

Life form:		Biennial herb
Stems:		Height 25-60cm, branched, bristly, glabrous, hollow
Leaves:		Alternate, compound
Flowers:		Inflorescence a compound umbel, secondary umbels 5–15; 5 white, pink corolla petals
Flowering Period:		May-July
Fruits:		Elongated schizocarp, highly fragrant when broken
Habitat:		Dry open land, in the hills, meadows and roadsides
Distribution:		Throughout the country, except in the mountain regions where it occurs sparingly

Derivation of the botanical name: Carum, Greek karon [κάρον] means "cumin" carvi, from Arabic al-karawiya, which is of unknown origin but suspected to be somehow from Greek karon cumin. The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.