*Foeniculum vulgare P. Miller. Common name: Fennel. Phenology: May-Aug; Aug-Sep. Habitat: Fields, dredge spoil, old gardens, waste places, vacant lots, roadsides. Distribution: Native of Mediterranean Europe. This is the common garden fennel, cultivated for its seeds, leaves, "bulbs" (finocchio), and ornamental appearance (especially bronze forms), widely used in Mediterranean cuisines.
Origin/Endemic status: Mediterranean Europe and Africa
Synonymy ⓘ: = Bah, C, Can, F, Fl7, FNA13, G, Il, K4, MC, Meso4.1, Mi, Mo2, NcTx, NE, NY, RAB, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, WV; = Foeniculum foeniculum (L.) H.Karst. — S, S13; = n/a — Pa. Basionym: Foeniculum vulgare Mill. 1768
Links to other floras: = Foeniculum vulgare - FNA13
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect-ascending perennial of fields, dredge spoil, old gardens, waste places, vacant lots and roadsides. Native of Mediterranean Europe.
Stems: Stems stout, branched, with a white-waxy coating, smooth.
Leaves: Leaves alternate; on petioles with sheathing bases; pinnately divided into numerous linear, almost threadlike segments and thus feathery looking; yellow-green and strongly anise-scented.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in large, compound umbels at top of stem and from upper leaf axils; yellow; less than 1/4 in. wide; consisting of 5 minute, blunt petals.
Fruits: Fruit a joined pair of elliptic-oblong, highly ridged seeds.
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Height: 3-5 ft.
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description: Erect-ascending perennial of fields, dredge spoil, old gardens, waste places, vacant lots and roadsides. Native of Mediterranean Europe.
stems: Stems stout, branched, with a white-waxy coating, smooth.
leaves: Leaves alternate; on petioles with sheathing bases; pinnately divided into numerous linear, almost threadlike segments and thus feathery looking; yellow-green and strongly anise-scented.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in large, compound umbels at top of stem and from upper leaf axils; yellow; less than 1/4 in. wide; consisting of 5 minute, blunt petals.
fruits: Fruit a joined pair of elliptic-oblong, highly ridged seeds.
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native range: Mediterranean
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