img

Anethum graveolens

L. (1753)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Apiales Family: Apiaceae Genus: Anethum

dill, dill weed

img

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Annual herb; slender, 4–17 dm tall.

Stems: Caulescent, branched, glabrous and glaucous.

Roots: Taprooted.

Leaves: Leaves compound (pinnately decompound). Alternate. Blades oblong to obovate, 1.3–3.5 dm long, 1–1.2 dm wide. the ultimate divisions of the blade filiform, 4–20 mm long, less than 0.5 mm wide. Surfaces glabrous. Margins 3–4-pinnately dissected. Petioles 5–6 cm long, narrowly sheathing. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in peduncles 7–16 cm long, rays 10–45, spreading-ascending, 3–10 cm long, subequal to unequal. Flowers bisexual (perfect); pedicels 6–10 mm long, subequal. Calyx (sepals) absent. Corolla of 5 petals; petals yellow, suborbicular, with a narrower inflexed apex. Stamens 5, inserted on an epigynous disk. Ovary inferior, 2-celled; ovules 1 per cells, anatropous; styles 2, usually swollen at base into a stylopodium. Styles short, the stylopodium conical, carpophore 2–parted.

Fruit: Fruit ovate; ca. 4 mm long; 2 mm wide; flattened dorsally; mericarps flattened dorsally; glabrous; ribs 5; the dorsal ones filiform; the lateral ones thin–winged; vittae solitary in the intervals; 2–4 on the commissure. Seeds 1 per mericarp; embryo small; endosperm cartilaginous. seed face plane or slightly concave.

Ploidy: 2n = 22

Habitat:

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Images

img

Uses and Culture

USES

  • Yes

Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) Only found in cultivation
Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Only found in cultivation
Molokai Only found in cultivation
Maui Unknown

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Notes

  • Description digitized by Pumehana Imada
  • Native to Eurasia; in Hawai‘i cultivated and occasionally escaped in waste places. Introduced early in the 1800s and naturalized prior to 1871 (Hillebrand, 1888).

Bibliography

Name Published In: Sp. Pl.: 263 (1753)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:200 (O, M? [reported by Hillebrand (1888) but no spm.]); Starr et al. 2002:17 (Mi? [spreading in garden plot, not truly nat.]); Staples & Herbst 2005:112 (KEY), 113 (DESCR)

Wagner, W. L., Herbst, D. R., & Sohmer, S. H. (1999). Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'i, Vols. 1 and 2 (No. Edn 2). University of Hawai'i and Bishop Museum Press.

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Anethum graveolens East end of Molokai, mi 19; open valley floor. Residence of Mr. & Mrs. George Peabody Cultivated in home garden; open valley floor, sunny seacoast location. Preserved_Specimen Open, feathery, upright habit, 4'+ tall; stems green to tan (old); leaves small, lacy, green; flw yellow, in terminal umbels; seeds numerous, lt brown, flat, small; all parts very aromatic. Evans, M. 22 Molokai BISH 1990-06-30
2 Anethum graveolens Honolulu, Nuuanu area, 2616 Pali Hwy Growing in full sun in a large pot. Preserved_Specimen An herb 0.8 m tall; much branched at the base; foliage has a pungent odor; petals chartreuse to canary yellow. Lau, J. 1626 Oahu BISH 1985-11-16
3 Anethum graveolens Foster Community Gardens located on the grounds of the Foster Botanical Gardens in downtown Honolulu Preserved_Specimen The smell was very similar to common celery, in fact it was more intense. Mayeda, C.S. 51 Oahu BISH 1991-06-10
4 Anethum graveolens Coral plain below Ewa & Sisal Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 2335 Oahu BISH 1916-03-14
5 Anethum graveolens Grown in garden at 209 Oneawa Kai Place from seedlings purchased at Garden Mart, Honolulu, in Dec. 1994 Preserved_Specimen Flowers yellow-green, immature fruits green turning brown; all parts strongly aromatic. Staples, G.W. 1009 Oahu BISH 1995-06-02
6 Anethum graveolens Foster Community Gardens located on the grounds of the Foster Botanical Gardens in downtown Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Plant and flower ca. 24 tall and ca. 12-15 wide. Mayeda, C.S. 44 Oahu BISH 1991-04-11
7 Anethum graveolens Coral plain below Ewa & Sisal Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 2335 Oahu BISH 1916-03-14
8 Anethum graveolens Koloa District, Kalaheo. Yard of house at 3581 Kaloke Street Preserved_Specimen Annual herb 1 m tall, foliage glaucous, strongly aromatic with dill odor. Flowers yellow, fragrant (3 pm). Lorence, D.H. 6720 Kauai BISH 1991-02-06
9 Anethum graveolens Coral plain below Ewa & Sisal Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 2335 Oahu BISH 1916-03-14
10 Anethum graveolens Purchased at Garden Mart, Honolulu. 4 pot of seedlings sells for $1.99 Preserved_Specimen Young sterile plants at age where leaves harvested for cooking. Staples, G.W. 984 Oahu BISH 1995-02-07
11 Anethum graveolens Grown in garden at 209 Oneawa Kai Place from seedlings purchased at Garden Mart, Honolulu, in Dec. 1994 Preserved_Specimen Flowers yellow-green, immature fruits green turning brown; all parts strongly aromatic. Staples, G.W. 1009 Oahu BISH 1995-06-02
12 Anethum graveolens Waialua; in herb garden by M. Cross Preserved_Specimen Cross, M. Oahu BISH 1953-04-01
13 Anethum graveolens Waipahu, near Kunia Rd.; garden at 94-610 Palai Street Cultivated. Preserved_Specimen These are inflorescences and mature infructescence Manning, A. Oahu BISH 1990-03-13
14 Anethum graveolens 94-610 Palai Street, Waipahu; collected in Anita Manning's garden Preserved_Specimen Manning, A. Oahu BISH 1990-01-29
Back to Top