genus

Sweet Fennel

Foeniculum

Field notes

Foeniculum is a genus of flowering plants in the carrot family. It includes the commonly cultivated fennel, Foeniculum vulgare.

Species:

Foeniculum vulgare Mill. - Mediterranean, cultivated and naturalized in many regions

Foeniculum scoparium Quézel - North Africa

Foeniculum subinodorum Maire, Weiller & Wilczek - North Africa

Foeniculum piperitum (Ucria) C.Presl - Mediterranean, Macaronesia

Foeniculum sanguineum Triano & A.Pujadas - Morocco, Spain

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

From USDA PLANTS.