Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare, Finéal
Photographs: near Baltimore, Co. Cork

Fennel
Foeniculum vulgare
Finéal
Family: Apiaceae

Flowering: July-October. Perennial. Introduced.

Many umbels of yellow flowers with 6-30 rays above feathery leaves, 3-4 pinnate with waxy, thread-like leaflets. Leaves have a pungent smell of aniseed when crushed. The erect, hairless, solid stems become hollow with age. Height to 2m.

A garden escape or relic of cultivation occasionally found on dry roadsides and waste ground, often near habitation

Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare, Finéal

Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare, Finéal
Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare, Finéal

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