Editing Dill (section)

== Botany ==
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Dill grows up to {{convert|1.5|-|5|ft|m}} from a [[taproot]] like a carrot.<ref name="WH">{{cite web |url=https://hort.extension.wisc.edu/articles/dill-anethum-graveolens/ |title=Dill, ''Anethum graveolens'' |date=n.d. |website=Wisconsin Horticulture |publisher=University of Wisconsin-Madison |access-date=22 January 2023}}</ref><ref name="MBG">{{cite web |url=https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=d682 |title=''Anethum graveolens'' |date=n.d. |website=Plant Finder |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden |access-date=22 January 2023 }}</ref> Its stems are slender and hollow with finely divided, softly delicate leaves; the leaves are alternately arranged, {{convert|10|-|20|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} long with ultimate leaf divisions measuring {{convert|1|-|2|mm|in|frac=32|abbr=on}} broad, slightly broader than the similar leaves of [[fennel]], which are threadlike, less than {{convert|1|mm|in|frac=16|abbr=on}} broad, but harder in texture.

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File:20141003Anethum graveolens.jpg|Yellow dill umbels
File:Dill1 (cropped).jpg|Closeup of a dill umbel
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[[File:Starr-090801-3500-Anethum graveolens-seedhead-Olinda-Maui (24603259659).jpg|thumb|Dried dill fruit clusters, with fingers to show scale]]
In hot or dry weather, small white to yellow scented [[flower]]s form in small [[umbel]]s {{convert|1|-|3+1/2|in|cm|abbr=on}} diameter from one long stalk. The [[seed]]s come from [[schizocarp|dried up fruit]]<ref name="WH"/> {{convert|4|-|5|mm|in|frac=16|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|1|mm|in|frac=16|abbr=on}} thick, and straight to slightly curved with a longitudinally ridged surface.