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*Foeniculum vulgare P. Miller. Fennel. Phen: May-Aug; Aug-Sep. Hab: Fields, dredge spoil, old gardens, waste places, vacant lots, roadsides. Dist: 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, F, Fl7, G, Il, K1, K3, K4, MC, Meso4.1, Mi, Mo2, NcTx, NE, NY, RAB, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, WV; = Foeniculum foeniculum (L.) H.Karst. – S; = n/a – Pa

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image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

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