Foeniculum vulgare Mill.
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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:
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Anethum foeniculum L.
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Common names:
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Fennel (English)
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Description:
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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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Derivation of specific name:
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vulgare: vulgar, common, usual |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Native to the Mediterranean area; widely distributed in temperate and tropical regions. |
Mozambique distribution:
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Insects associated with this species:
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Papilio demodocus demodocus (Food plant)
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Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
Literature:
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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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Foeniculum vulgare
Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-24
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2024).
Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Foeniculum vulgare. https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=143270, retrieved 22 November 2024
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