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Coriandrum sativum

cult, Feb.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Flowers with unequal petals (outer larger); garden, Forres St, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 29/12/2016, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

Coriander

Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

Simplified description

Erect annual herb; pungent smell when crushed; tap-rooted. Leaves finely dissected. Compound umbels flat with outer flowers having unequal petals and deeply 2-lobed. Corolla white to very pale pink,

Flower colours

Red/Pink, White

Similar taxa

Conium maculatum but coriander lacks the purple streaks on the stems

Distribution

Rare casual escape from gardens

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Coriandrum

Family

Apiaceae

Authority

Coriandrum sativum L.

Endemic family

Ecology

Flowering

Mostly Nov-January but in gardens can flower any time, depending on when the seed is sown.

Year naturalised

1948

Origin

W. Mediterranean

Reason for introduction

Culinary

Propagation technique

Seed

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