§1 Plant
Carum carvi L.
vernacular caraway — species · Apiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Biennial, Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Apiaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Carum
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- GL Greenland Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 324 counties across 34 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 324 counties across 34 states/territories.
Colorado view state ↗ 10 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 15 I ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Maine view state ↗ 15 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 11 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 23 I ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Alpena 26007
- Baraga 26013
- Bay 26017
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Delta 26041
- Gogebic 26053
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Houghton 26061
- Ingham 26065
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Mackinac 26097
- Monroe 26115
- Montmorency 26119
- Oakland 26125
- Presque Isle 26141
- St. Clair 26147
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 30 I ▾
- Becker 27005
- Blue Earth 27013
- Carlton 27017
- Carver 27019
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Dodge 27039
- Douglas 27041
- Houston 27055
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Lincoln 27081
- Martin 27091
- Meeker 27093
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pennington 27113
- Pine 27115
- Pipestone 27117
- Ramsey 27123
- Roseau 27135
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Wabasha 27157
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
Missouri view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Montana view state ↗ 17 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 9 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 3 I ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 2 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 30 I ▾
- Albany 36001
- Allegany 36003
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Hamilton 36041
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Lewis 36049
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Nassau 36059
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Queens 36081
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 1 I ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 9 I ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 11 I ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 23 I ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Cambria 42021
- Centre 42027
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- McKean 42083
- Monroe 42089
- Philadelphia 42101
- Potter 42105
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 I ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Utah view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Washington view state ↗ 3 I ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 35 I ▾
- Ashland 55003
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Columbia 55021
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Dunn 55033
- Eau Claire 55035
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Jackson 55053
- Kewaunee 55061
- La Crosse 55063
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marinette 55075
- Monroe 55081
- Oneida 55085
- Outagamie 55087
- Price 55099
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- Taylor 55119
- Walworth 55127
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CACA19 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3034714 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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