Foeniculum vulgare P. Mill.

English: Sweet Fennel

German: Wilder Fenchel

Mandarin: 茴香 (hui xiang)

Portuguese: Funcho

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Apiales (40)

        Family: Apiaceae (30)(family description)

          Genus: Foeniculum (1)

            Epithet: vulgare P. Mill. (11)

Synonym: Foeniculum foeniculum (L.) Karst.

vulgare => common, everyday

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: yellow

Check for Foeniculum vulgare at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [267] Foeniculum vulgare - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
• [551] Foeniculum vulgare - Plants For A Future database
• [1074] Foeniculum vulgare - Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé: Flora von Deutschland Österreich und der Schweiz
• [1619] Foeniculum vulgare - Flora of China @ efloras.org

• [11] Schönfelder, I. and Schönfelder, P. (1999): Die Kosmos-Mittelmeerflora. Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart, Germany.