Foeniculum vulgare, Miller

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 341

1. F. vulgare Miller , Gard. Diet. ed. 8, no. 1 (1768)

( F. officinale All. ).

Glabrous, glaucous perennial or biennial up to 250 cm. Stem striate, shiny, developing a small hollow when old. Leaves more or less triangular in outline; lobes usually 5-50 mm, filiform, acuminate, cartilaginous at apex, usually widely spaced and not all lying in one plane; petioles of upper leaves usually 3-6 cm. Rays 4-30. Bracts and bracteoles usually 0. Fruit 4-10-5 mm, ovoid-oblong; lateral ridges scarcely more prominent than dorsal. Usually maritime. Most o f Europe, except the north, but probably native only in the south and south-west. Al Az BI *Br Bu Co Cr Ga G r *Hb Hs It Ju Lu Sa Si Tu [Au Be Cz Ge He Ho Hu Po Rm Rs (C, W, E, K)].