Foeniculum vulgare
Common names
fennel
Biostatus
Exotic
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites
Flower colours
Yellow
Similar taxa
Perennial herbaceous plant from the carrot family; often reach 2m; yellow-flowered (West, 1996). Numerous yellow flowers 1-2mm; fruit dark brown 3-6mm (Webb et al., 1988).
Conservation status
Not applicable
Detailed taxonomy
Family
Apiaceae
Ecology
Year naturalised
1867
Origin
S. and S.W. Europe
Life cycle and dispersal
Plant dies back to a root stock after flowering (West, 1996). Numerous seeds are produced from the flower heads (ibid.). Wind dispersed a short distance or else attach to animals and carried further (ibid.).
Other information
Etymology
foeniculum: Named for genus which includes fennel, from the Latin foeniculum ‘hay’ in reference to its odour.
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
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