Was (wer) ist umbel - definition
![Compound umbel of a wild carrot, ''[[Daucus carota]]'' (Apiaceae)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Daucus carota May 2008-1 edit.jpg?width=200 "Compound umbel of a wild carrot, ''[[Daucus carota]]'' (Apiaceae)")
![Fatsia japonica]]'' (Araliaceae)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fatsia japonica1.jpg?width=200 "Fatsia japonica]]'' (Araliaceae)")
![Involucrate]] simple umbels of ''[[Primula veris]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Primula veris (inflorescense).jpg?width=200 "Involucrate]] simple umbels of ''[[Primula veris]]''")
![Umbel of a ''[[Pelargonium zonale]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pelargonium zonale umbel.jpg?width=200 "Umbel of a ''[[Pelargonium zonale]]''")
![''[[Daucus carota]]'' umbel down view](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Daucus carota (Queen Anne's lace) umbel down view.jpg?width=200 "''[[Daucus carota]]'' umbel down view")
Wikipedia
In botany, an umbel is an inflorescence that consists of a number of short flower stalks (called pedicels) that spread from a common point, somewhat like umbrella ribs. The word was coined in botanical usage in the 1590s, from Latin umbella "parasol, sunshade". The arrangement can vary from being flat-topped to almost spherical. Umbels can be simple or compound. The secondary umbels of compound umbels are known as umbellules or umbellets. A small umbel is called an umbellule. The arrangement of the inflorescence in umbels is referred to as umbellate, or occasionally subumbellate (almost umbellate).
Umbels are a characteristic of plants such as carrot, parsley, dill, and fennel in the family Apiaceae; ivy, Aralia and Fatsia in the family Araliaceae; and onion (Allium) in the family Alliaceae.
An umbel is a type of indeterminate inflorescence. A compressed cyme, which is a determinate inflorescence, is called umbelliform if it resembles an umbel.
