Irish wildflowers
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
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