ABSTRACT
This chapter presents data on floral morphology of minor vegetables of the family Umbeluferae, namely Anthrescus cerefolium, Foeniculum vulgare, Pastinaca sativa, and Petroselinum crispum. It also discusses the effect of plant growth regulators on the flowering of this family. Chervil (Anthrescus cerefolium Hoffm.) is a summer annual plant, native to southern Russia and western Asia. It is used as a garnish and for flavoring. The leaves of chervil are decompound, with oval or oblong ultimate leaflets 0.6 to 0.8 cm long. The flowering stem is 30 to 60 cm tall, with white, minute flowers in compound, rather strict umbels in summer. Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare Mill, a native of the Mediterranean region, was known in ancient Greece as a medicinal herb. Parsley (Petroselinum crispum Nym.) is an herb, probably a native of the Mediterranean region. It was originally known more as a medicinal plant than as a garden vegetable.
