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[[Image:QALace2675.JPG|240px|thumb|Umbels on [[Wild Carrot]] ''Daucus carota'' (Apiaceae)]]
An '''umbel''' is an [[inflorescence]] which consists of a number of short [[flower]] stalks (called [[pedicel]]s) which are equal in length and spread from a common point, somewhat like umbrella ribs.
[[Image:Fatsia japonica1.jpg|left|thumb|240px|An umbel on ''[[Fatsia|Fatsia japonica]]'' (Araliaceae)]]
Umbels are a characteristic of plants such as [[carrot]], [[parsley]], [[dill]], and [[fennel]] in the family [[Apiaceae]], and [[ivy]], [[aralia]] and [[fatsia]] in the family [[Araliaceae]].
A compressed [[cyme]] is called '''umbelliform''' if it resembles an umbel.
[[Category: plant morphology]]
[[Category: apiales]]
An '''umbel''' is an [[inflorescence]] which consists of a number of short [[flower]] stalks (called [[pedicel]]s) which are equal in length and spread from a common point, somewhat like umbrella ribs.
[[Image:Fatsia japonica1.jpg|left|thumb|240px|An umbel on ''[[Fatsia|Fatsia japonica]]'' (Araliaceae)]]
Umbels are a characteristic of plants such as [[carrot]], [[parsley]], [[dill]], and [[fennel]] in the family [[Apiaceae]], and [[ivy]], [[aralia]] and [[fatsia]] in the family [[Araliaceae]].
A compressed [[cyme]] is called '''umbelliform''' if it resembles an umbel.
[[Category: plant morphology]]
[[Category: apiales]]