Photographs: nr Baltimore, Co.Cork

Fennel Foeniculum vulgare Finéal Family: Apiaceae Flowering: July-October. Perennial. Introduced garden escape. Umbels of yellow flowers, 6-30 rays. Feathery leaves, 3-4 pinnate with waxy, thread-like leaflets. Pungent smell of aniseed when crushed. Erect, hairless, solid stems, hollow with age. Height: To 2m. Occasional on dry ground, roadsides, waste ground. Usually garden escape or relic of cultivation.

    
Photographs above: Roadside near Baltimore, Co.Cork. July 2007