genus

Alexanders

Smyrnium

Field notes

Smyrnium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae that naturally grows in a range stretching from Southern Europe to South Asia.

Species include:

Smyrnium cordifolium

Smyrnium dodonaei Spreng.

Smyrnium creticum

Smyrnium olusatrum - alexanders, black-lovage, horse-parsley

Smyrnium perfoliatum - perfoliate alexanders

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided