Smyrnium Explained

Smyrnium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae. Range in country of S. Europe to Asia. Occasionally naturalised in Britain.

Species include:^[1]

• Smyrnium cordifolium
• Smyrnium dodonaei Spreng.
• Smyrnium creticum
• Smyrnium olusatrum - alexanders, black-lovage, horse-parsley
• Smyrnium perfoliatum - perfoliate alexanders

Notes and References

1. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?11248 Smyrnium.