Foeniculum vulgare

Classification	Dicots
Family	Apiaceae
Family (Traditional)	Apiaceae
Genus	Foeniculum
Species:	Foeniculum vulgare Mill.
Common Name	Sweet Fennel; Garden Fennel
Growth Habit	forb
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Duration: Biennial; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: Europe; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: compound; Leaf Dissection: 3; Leaf Dissection: 3.5; Leaf Dissection: 4; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Type: linear; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 20+; Base Flower Color: Yellow; Carpel Number/Pistil: 2; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Schizocarp; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: terminal; Inflorescence Types: corymb/cyme/umbel; Ovary Position: Inferior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: No; Petal Number: 5; Pistil Complexity: Compound; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Axillary; Sepal Fusion: No; Sepal Number: 0; Sepal Number: 5; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 5; Tepal Fusion: N/A; Tepal Number: N/A
C value	N/A
Status	Not Native; TN[SNA] KY[SNA] (State Rank); GNR (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Counties - Species Present

Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation
Foeniculum foeniculum	Foeniculum foeniculum (L.) Karst.
Foeniculum vulgare subsp. piperitum	Foeniculum vulgare subsp. piperitum

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Madison (KY), Pike (KY), Blount (TN), Carter (TN), Coffee (TN), Franklin (TN), Knox (TN), Rutherford (TN), Sumner (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, MTSU, TENN, UOS, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1965 - 2014

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
UOS00330	Franklin	Tennessee	12 Aug 2014	Mary P. Priestley	UOS Foeniculum vulgare
31234100210903	Pike	Kentucky	24 Jun 1965	Elizabeth M. Browne 10442	EKY Foeniculum vulgare
BEREA001835	Madison	Kentucky			BEREA Foeniculum vulgare
ETSU007893	Carter	Tennessee			ETSU Foeniculum vulgare
TENN-V-0162380	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Foeniculum vulgare
TENN-V-0162384	Sumner	Tennessee			TENN Foeniculum vulgare
TENN-V-0162382	Coffee	Tennessee			TENN Foeniculum vulgare
BRIT70282	Rutherford	Tennessee			VDB Foeniculum vulgare
MTSU023370		Tennessee			MTSU Foeniculum vulgare
BEREA001836	Madison	Kentucky			BEREA Foeniculum vulgare
TENN-V-0162383	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Foeniculum vulgare
TENN-V-0162381	Blount	Tennessee			TENN Foeniculum vulgare
APSC0102045	Pike	Kentucky			APSC Foeniculum vulgare

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Foeniculum vulgare

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