Foeniculum vulgare
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Photo: Mark Hyde
Belfast Close, Emerald Hill, Harare
Photo: Mark Hyde
Belfast Close, Emerald Hill, Harare
Photo: Mark Hyde
Belfast Close, Emerald Hill, Harare
Photo: Bart Wursten
La Rochelle
Photo: Bart Wursten
La Rochelle
Photo: Bart Wursten
La Rochelle
Photo: Bart Wursten
La Rochelle
Photo: Bart Wursten
La Rochelle
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| Synonyms: |
Anethum foeniculum L. |
| Common names: | Fennel (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Introduced |
| Description: |
Robust, hairless, somewhat glaucous perennial herb, to 2 m tall. Stem finely ribbed. Leaves with prominent sheathing bases, 3-4-pinnate, finely divided into filiform ultimate segments, these not borne in one plane. Umbels 4-8 cm in diameter, terminal and leaf-opposed; rays 10-30, ± glaucous. Petals bright yellow. Fruit 4-8 mm long. |
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| Notes: | The whole plant has a strong characteristic 'fennel' smell. |
| Derivation of specific name: | vulgare: vulgar, common, usual |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Native to the Mediterranean area; widely distributed in temperate and tropical regions. |
| FZ divisions: | W |
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| Insects associated with this species: | Papilio demodocus demodocus (Food plant) |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Saturday 3 March 2012 |
| Literature: |
Cannon, J.F.M. (1978). Apiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 606 - 607. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 18. |
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Foeniculum vulgare
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