Levisticum officinale, Lovage - Seeds - plants - dried herbs

Common names: Lovage

Botanical name & synonyms: Levisticum officinale, Hipposelinum levisticum, Levisticum levesticum, Ligusticum levisticum, Selinum levisticum

Family: Carrot, parsley (Apiaceae, Umbelliferae)

• native to Southwest-Asia
  

• perennial
  

• 100 to 200cm
  

• flower VI to VIII
  

• cultivated as a spice and medicinal herb (Levistici Folia, Levistici Radix, Levistici Semen)
  

• weight of 1 000 seeds = 3,5 gram