Orlaya

Orlaya is a genus of flowering plants from Europe in the family Apiaceae, with between 1 and 11 species.[1] They are annuals with finely-divided leaves, and umbels of lacy pink or white flowers. O. grandiflora, white laceflower, is well-known and widely cultivated as an ornamental in the UK and elsewhere. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit.[2][3]

Orlaya
Orlaya grandiflora
Illustration by Johann Georg Sturm,
in his Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen, 1796
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Subfamily: Apioideae
Tribe: Scandiceae
Subtribe: Daucinae
Genus: Orlaya
Hoffm.
Orlaya grandiflora - MHNT

The following species are currently accepted:-[1]

  • Orlaya daucorlaya Murb.
  • Orlaya grandiflora (L.) Hoffm.
  • Orlaya kochii Heywood
  • Orlaya topaliana Beauverd

References

  1. "Orlaya". The Plant List. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  2. "RHS Plantfinder - Orlaya grandiflora". Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  3. "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 70. Retrieved 14 April 2018.


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