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Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) is a flowering plant species in the carrot family. [1] [2] It is a hardy, perennial herb [3] with yellow flowers and feathery leaves. [4]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.
Nigella arvensis, the field nigella or wild fennel flower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae. [2] It is native to North Africa, central, southern and eastern Europe, the Caucasus region, and the Middle East as far as Iran, and has gone extinct in Switzerland and Crete. [1]
Eupatorium capillifolium, or dog fennel (also written "dogfennel"), is a North American perennial herbaceous plant in the family Asteraceae, native to the eastern and south-central United States. [3] It is generally between 50 cm and 2 meters tall with several stems that fork from a substantial base. [ 4 ]
The genus name Nigella is a diminutive of the Latin niger "black", referring to the seed color. [6] [7] The specific epithet sativa means "cultivated".[6]In English, Nigella sativa and its seed are variously called black caraway, black seed, black cumin, fennel flower, nigella, nutmeg flower, Roman coriander, [3] [6] black onion seed [8] and kalonji.
It includes the commonly cultivated fennel, Foeniculum vulgare. Species [2] [3] Foeniculum scoparium Quézel - North Africa [4] Foeniculum subinodorum Maire, Weiller & Wilczek - North Africa [5] Foeniculum vulgare Mill. - Mediterranean, cultivated and naturalized in many regions [6]
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Nigella hispanica, the Spanish fennel flower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to Portugal, Spain, and France. [1] An annual or biennial reaching 60 cm (2 ft), the Royal Horticultural Society considers it a good plant to attract pollinators.
Apiaceae (/ eɪ p iː ˈ eɪ s i ˌ aɪ,-s iː ˌ iː /) or Umbelliferae is a family of mostly aromatic flowering plants named after the type genus Apium, and commonly known as the celery, carrot or parsley family, or simply as umbellifers.