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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Foeniculum vulgare
FAMILY
Apiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Fennel at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
This is the common garden fennel, cultivated for its seeds, leaves, "bulbs" (finocchio), and ornamental appearance, widely used in Mediterranean cuisines, per Weakley's Flora (2022)
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Foeniculum vulgare
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Foeniculum vulgare
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-12-001:
Foeniculum vulgare FAMILY Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Foeniculum foeniculum
COMMON NAME:
Fennel
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_fofo_001_lhd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Foeniculum vulgare
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Foeniculum vulgare
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Foeniculum vulgare
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-12-001:
Foeniculum vulgare
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Foeniculum foeniculum
572
Forb
Biennial/Perennial
Habitat: Fields, dredge spoil, old gardens, waste places, vacant lots, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Mediterranean Europe
Uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain, rare or waifs elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
LEAVES:
Complexly compound into filiform segments
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
Inferior ovary
Flowers in compound umbels
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of two mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p258
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p116
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