Coriandrum sativum L.

Erect annual. Stems solid, finely grooved, striate, up to 40 cm high. Basal lvs 1-pinnate, petiolate; leaflets pinnatifid or irregularly lobed, serrate, sessile, c. 10–30 mm long. Stem lvs dissimilar to basal, 2–4-pinnate, shortly petiolate; segments linear. Umbels 1–3 cm diam.; rays 3–6; bracts 0–1, linear; bracteoles usually 3–4, linear. Fls few to numerous, white or pink, the outer irregular, up to 6 mm diam. Fr. globose, reddish brown, c. 4–5 mm long; mericarps not separating at maturity.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

Flowering: Nov.–Jan.