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== Description == | == Description == | ||
''Foeniculum vulgare'' is a [[perennial]] herb. The stem is hollow, erect, and [[glaucous]] green, and it can grow up to {{convert|2.1|m|ft|0|abbr=off}} tall. | ''Foeniculum vulgare'' is a [[perennial]] herb. The stem is hollow, erect, and [[glaucous]] green, and it can grow up to {{convert|2.1|m|ft|0|abbr=off}} tall. The [[leaves]] grow up to {{convert|40|cm|abbr=off}} long; they are finely dissected, with the ultimate segments filiform (threadlike), about {{convert|0.5|mm|in|frac=64}} wide. Its leaves are similar to those of [[dill]], but thinner. | ||
The [[flower]]s are produced in terminal compound [[umbel]]s {{convert|5–17.5|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} wide, each umbel section having 20–50 tiny yellow flowers on short pedicels. The [[fruit]] is a dry [[schizocarp]] from {{convert|4–10|mm|in|abbr=on|frac=16}} long, half as wide or less, and grooved. Since the seed in the fruit is attached to the [[pericarp]], the whole fruit is often mistakenly called "seed". | The [[flower]]s are produced in terminal compound [[umbel]]s {{convert|5–17.5|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} wide, each umbel section having 20–50 tiny yellow flowers on short pedicels. The [[fruit]] is a dry [[schizocarp]] from {{convert|4–10|mm|in|abbr=on|frac=16}} long, half as wide or less, and grooved. Since the seed in the fruit is attached to the [[pericarp]], the whole fruit is often mistakenly called "seed". | ||