Orlaya

Orlaya is a genus of flowering plants from Europe in the family Apiaceae, with between 1 and 11 species.^[1] 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.^[2][3]

Orlaya
Orlaya grandiflora Illustration by Johann Georg Sturm, in his Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen, 1796
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Apiales
Family:	Apiaceae
Subfamily:	Apioideae
Tribe:	Scandiceae
Subtribe:	Daucinae
Genus:	Orlaya Hoffm.

Orlaya grandiflora - MHNT

The following species are currently accepted:-^[1]

• Orlaya daucorlaya Murb.
• Orlaya grandiflora (L.) Hoffm.
• Orlaya kochii Heywood
• Orlaya topaliana Beauverd