Editing Fennel (section)

{{Short description|Flowering plant species in the carrot family}}
{{About|the plant ''Foeniculum vulgare''}}
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| image = Foeniculum July 2011-1a.jpg
| image_caption = Fennel in flower
| taxon = Foeniculum vulgare
| authority = [[Philip Miller|Mill.]]
| synonyms =
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| Anethum dulce | DC.
| Anethum foeniculum | L.
| Anethum minus | Gouan
| Anethum panmori | Roxb.
| Anethum panmorium | Roxb. ex Fleming
| Anethum piperitum | Ucria
| Anethum rupestre | Salisb.
| Foeniculum azoricum | Mill.
| Foeniculum capillaceum | Gilib.
| Foeniculum divaricatum | Griseb.
| Foeniculum dulce | Mill.
| Foeniculum foeniculum | (L.) H.Karst.
| Foeniculum giganteum | Lojac.
| Foeniculum officinale | All.
| Foeniculum panmorium | (Roxb.) DC.
| Foeniculum piperitum | C.Presl
| Foeniculum rigidum | Brot. ex Steud.
| Ligusticum foeniculum | (L.) Roth
| Ligusticum foeniculum | (L.) Crantz
| Meum foeniculum | (L.) Spreng.
| Meum piperitum | Schult.
| Ozodia foeniculacea | Wight & Arn.
| Selinum foeniculum | E.H.L.Krause
| Seseli dulce | Koso-Pol.
| Seseli foeniculum | Koso-Pol.
| Seseli piperitum | Koso-Pol.
| Tenoria romana | Schkuhr ex Spreng.
}}
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="WFO">{{cite web |url=http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000691487 |title=''Foeniculum vulgare'' Mill. |date=2023 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=22 January 2023 |archive-date=16 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116170623/http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000691487 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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'''Fennel''' ('''''Foeniculum vulgare''''') is a [[flowering plant]] species in the [[Apiaceae|carrot family]].<ref name="WFO"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/ClassificationServlet?source=profile&symbol=FOENI&display=31|publisher=US Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service|title=Classification for Kingdom ''Plantae'' Down to Genus ''Foeniculum Mill.''|date=2015|access-date=24 March 2015|archive-date=4 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210404001249/https://plants.usda.gov/java/ClassificationServlet?source=profile&symbol=FOENI&display=31|url-status=live}}</ref> It is a [[Hardiness (plants)|hardy]], perennial [[herb]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.calflora.org/entry/plantchar.html?crn=3603 |title=Plant Characteristics and Associations. ''Foeniculum vulgare'' |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=1 April 2020 |website=Calflora.org |publisher=Calflora |access-date=19 January 2021 |archive-date=17 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517151659/https://www.calflora.org/entry/plantchar.html?crn=3603 |url-status=live }}</ref> with yellow [[flower]]s and feathery [[leaves]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=275990 |title=Plant Finder. ''Foeniculum vulgare'' |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Missouribotanicalgarden.org |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden |access-date=19 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201231123226/https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=275990 |archive-date=31 December 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> It is indigenous to the shores of the [[Mediterranean]] but has become widely naturalized in many parts of the world, especially on dry soils near the sea coast and on riverbanks.

It is a highly flavorful herb used in [[cooking]] and, along with the similar-tasting [[anise]], is one of the primary ingredients of [[absinthe]]. '''Florence fennel''' or '''finocchio''' ({{IPAc-en|UK|f|ɪ|ˈ|n|ɒ|k|i|oʊ}}, {{IPAc-en|US|-|ˈ|n|oʊ|k|-}}, {{IPA|it|fiˈnɔkkjo|lang}}) is a selection with a swollen, bulb-like stem base (sometimes called ''bulb fennel'') that is used as a [[vegetable]].