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Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Levisticum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Levisticum (origin of name obscure; thought to be a corruption of Ligusticum). Umbelliferae. Lovaqe. Perennial grown for its aromatic seeds, which are used in confectionary. The genus has only one species, and is distinguished by having a conspicuous involucre of narrow deflexed bracts, prominent involucels with connate bractlets, strongly ribbed fruits with solitary oil-tubes, obscure calyx-teeth, green-yellow petals, and large bipinnate leaves. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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