Arracacia

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

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Read about Arracacia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Arracacia (Spanish name of the plants). Umbelliferae. Also spelled Arracacha. Twenty to 30 species of perennial herbs closely allied to Conium, with calyx- teeth very small or wanting, petals broad, acuminate and inflexed, white to dark purple, fls. in large compound umbels: Lvs. pinnately compound or decompound. A. xanthorrhiza, Bancr. (A. esculenta, DC.), produces edible tuberous roots much eaten by residents of N. S. Amer.; these tubers have branches or lobes the size of carrots, and are boiled. A. Dugesii, Coulter & Rose, Cent. Amer., is reported as a botanic-garden plant. It is tall and coarse, aromatic: Lvs. much decompound, segm. linear. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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