| 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 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]
The following species are currently accepted:- [1]
The namesake of this genus is Johann Orlay, a Hungarian-Russian surgeon who lived from 1770 to 1829. It was the German botanist Georg Franz Hoffmann who dedicated the name Orlaya to Johann Orlay in 1814.