Apiaceae
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| + | '''Apiaceae''' or '''Umbelliferae''' is a family of mostly aromatic [[flowering plant]]s named after the [[type genus]] ''[[Apium]]'' and commonly known as the '''celery''', '''carrot''' or '''parsley family''', or simply as '''umbellifers'''. It is the 16th-largest family of flowering plants, with more than 3,800 [[species]] in about 446 [[genus|genera]], including such well-known and economically important plants as [[ajwain]], [[angelica]], [[anise]], [[Ferula assa-foetida|asafoetida]], [[caraway]], [[carrot]], [[celery]], [[chervil]], [[coriander]], [[cumin]], [[dill]], [[fennel]], [[lovage]], [[cow parsley]], [[parsley]], [[parsnip]] and [[Eryngium maritimum|sea holly]], as well as [[Silphium (antiquity)|silphium]], a plant whose identity is unclear and which may be extinct. | ||
| - | '''Yareta'''[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Azorella_compacta_Peru4.jpg] ('''''Azorella compacta''''', also known as "Llareta" in Spanish or '''''Azorella yareta''''' in the past) is a tiny [[flowering plant]] in the family [[Apiaceae]] native to [[South America]], occurring in the [[Puna grassland]]s of the [[Andes]] in [[Peru]], [[Bolivia]], the north of [[Chile]] and the west of [[Argentina]] at between 3200 and 4500 metres altitude. | + | The family Apiaceae includes a significant number of [[phototoxic]] species, such as [[giant hogweed]], and a smaller number of highly [[poisonous]] species, such as [[Conium maculatum|poison hemlock]], [[Cicuta|water hemlock]], [[spotted cowbane]], [[Aethusa cynapium|fool's parsley]], and various species of [[Oenanthe (plant)|water dropwort]]. |
| - | Yareta is an [[evergreen]] perennial being in leaf all year. The pink or lavender [[flower]]s are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by [[insect]]s. The plant is self-fertile. | ||
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| - | The plant prefers light (sandy) and well-drained soils. It can grow in nutritionally poor environments, no matter if the soil is acidic, neutral or basic (alkaline). Yareta is well-adapted to high [[insolation]] rates which are typical of the highlands, and cannot grow in shade. The plant grows in a very compact way in order to reduce heat losses and very close to ground level where air temperature is one or two degrees Celsius higher than the mean air temperature, this is due to the longwave radiation re-radiated by the soil (which is usually dark gray to black in the Puna). | ||
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| - | The plant grows at a rate of approximately one millimeter per year. Many yaretas are over 3,000 years old. | ||
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Apiaceae or Umbelliferae is a family of mostly aromatic flowering plants named after the type genus Apium and commonly known as the celery, carrot or parsley family, or simply as umbellifers. It is the 16th-largest family of flowering plants, with more than 3,800 species in about 446 genera, including such well-known and economically important plants as ajwain, angelica, anise, asafoetida, caraway, carrot, celery, chervil, coriander, cumin, dill, fennel, lovage, cow parsley, parsley, parsnip and sea holly, as well as silphium, a plant whose identity is unclear and which may be extinct.
The family Apiaceae includes a significant number of phototoxic species, such as giant hogweed, and a smaller number of highly poisonous species, such as poison hemlock, water hemlock, spotted cowbane, fool's parsley, and various species of water dropwort.
