Ammi is a genus of about six species of summer-flowering plants in the family Apiaceae. They are native to southern Europe, northern Africa and Southwest Asia. They have fern-like leaves and white or cream coloured lace-like flowers borne in branched, rounded umbels.Ammi spp. (Bishops weed) is prohibited by the Australian New Zealand Food Standards code under standard 1.4.4 due to active constituents:
.03% volatile oil (camphor and carvone)
Fixed oil and protein
flavonol glycosides (quercetin and ...