Caraway comes from the Umbelliferae family, like parsley and carrots. Its natural habitat is Europe and northern and central Asia and can now be found in America.
Caraway is a biennial plant that thrives on moist soils.
In the first year of growth, the plant produces leaves that look like carrots and grow to about two feet tall. The root develops to look like a carrot s or parsnip s. Then in the next year the plant will grow flowers. The white flowers grow at the ends of stems in an umbrella like formation or in umbels and umbellets, much like that of Queen Anne s lace. Caraway plants blossom in June.