PLANTS Profile for Foeniculum vulgare (sweet fennel)

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PLANTS Profile

Foeniculum vulgare Mill.
sweet fennel

Symbol:

FOVU

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Apiaceae

Duration:

Biennial
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I
PR		I
VI		I
CAN		I

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Foeniculum vulgare Mill.

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Synonyms:
Foeniculum vulgare Mill.

FOFO

Foeniculum foeniculum (L.) Karst.

Distribution:
Foeniculum vulgare Mill.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AZ, CA, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV), USA+ (PR, VI), CAN (AB, BC, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Foeniculum vulgare Mill.

View 91 genera in Apiaceae, 1 species in Foeniculum

Classification:
Foeniculum vulgare Mill.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Apiales
Family	Apiaceae – Carrot family
Genus	Foeniculum Mill. – fennel
Species	Foeniculum vulgare Mill. – sweet fennel

U.S. Weed Information:
Foeniculum vulgare Mill.

sweet fennel

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

Cal-IPC

California Invasive Plant Council. 2006. California Invasive Plant Inventory. Cal-IPC Publication 2006-02 (February 2007). California Invasive Plant Council. Berkeley, California.

Introduced Information:
Foeniculum vulgare Mill.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Foeniculum vulgare Mill.

Nat. Ind.

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UPL,FAC

UPL

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UPL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Foeniculum vulgare Mill.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 29509.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Foeniculum vulgare Mill.

The Nature Conservancy: Wildland Weeds Management & Research Program

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