Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderApiales
- FamilyApiaceae
Native toAlbania, Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, East Aegean Is., France, Germany, Greece
General: Orlaya (dedicated to the Muscovite doctor and botanophil
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thumb|Orlaya grandiflora - MHNT
Orlaya is a genus of flowering plants from Europe in the family Apiaceae, with between 1 and 11 species. 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.