Foeniculum vulgare Mill.
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Mill.
Mill.
1768
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Foeniculum vulgare Mill.
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Foeniculum vulgare
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Foeniculum vulgare Mill.
Stout, aromatic, erect perennial. Stems ± solid, striate, polished, up to c. 2 m high. Basal lvs 3-5-pinnate, petiolate; ultimate segments filiform, acuminate, 3-50 mm long, not all in one plane; stem lvs similar to basal; petiole extended along whole length into a thin closely-ribbed sheath. Umbels 2-5 cm diam.; rays 4-25, usually slightly incurved at fruiting. Fls numerous, yellow, 1-2 mm diam. Fr. dark brown, 3-6 mm long, tasting of liquorice; ribs pale brown.
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Foeniculum vulgare Mill.
Foeniculum vulgare Mill.
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9307c911-5f50-481d-b9fe-6ba53792af84
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1 January 2000
20 November 2013