Species

Foeniculum vulgare

Common Name(s)

fennel

Family

Apiaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

FOEVUL

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.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Herbs other than Composites

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).

Flower Colours

Yellow

Year Naturalised

1867

Origin

S. and S.W. Europe

Life Cycle Comments
Plant dies back to a root stock after flowering (West, 1996).

Seed
Numerous seeds are produced from the flower heads (West, 1996).

Dispersal
Wind dispersed a short distance or else attach to animals and carried further (West, 1996).

Foraging for fennel


Click on the Radio New Zealand National logo to listen to This Way Up. Simon Morton interviews Johanna Knox about foraging for fennel (duration: 10′51″)





This page last updated on 25 Feb 2011