White Dill

Ammi majus Origin: Eurasia Improvement status: Cultivar Seeds per packet: ~100 Germination tested 10/2024: 80% Life cycle: Annual White dill, also called laceflower, bullwort, and false Queen Anne's lace, is a beautiful carrot-family herb commonly grown as a cut or dried flower. Its Queen-Anne's-Lace-like blossoms are bigger and finer than common wild carrot, sometimes reaching five inches across. Pollinators love them.This plant has a long history of medicinal and cosmetic use, most prominently for its purported skin-darkening abilities as a treatment for the skin condition vitiligo. It is still used around the world for a variety of skin conditions, but its use requires caution, because overuse and exposure to the sun following its use can cause serious skin inflammation.From Wikipedia:"In Egypt around 2000 BC, the juice of Ammi majus was rubbed on patches of vitiligo after which patients were encouraged to lie in the sun. In the 13th century, vitiligo was treated with a tincture of