Taxon:  Foeniculum vulgare Mill. subsp. vulgare var. dulce (Mill.) Batt. (Foeniculum vulgare Sweet Fennel Group)



Summary
Genus:
Foeniculum
Family:
Apiaceae (alt. Umbelliferae)
Subfamily:
Apioideae
Tribe:
Apieae
Nomen number:
102104
Place of publication:
J. A. Battandier & L. C. Trabut, Fl. Algérie 1(1):382.  1889
Comment:
or Foeniculum vulgare Sweet Fennel Group
Verified:
10/24/1997 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Foeniculum vulgare Mill. (66 active accession[s])
Foeniculum vulgare Mill. subsp. piperitum (Ucria) Cout. (3 active accession[s])
Foeniculum vulgare Mill. subsp. vulgare var. azoricum (Mill.) Thell. (1 active accession[s])
Foeniculum vulgare Mill. subsp. vulgare var. vulgare (4 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Foeniculum dulce Mill.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
  2. Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage Note: lists as Foeniculum vulgare var. dulce (DC.) Batt. & Trab.
  3. Guzman, C. C. de & J. S. Siemonsma, eds. 1999. Spices. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 13:129. Note: = Foeniculum vulgare Sweet Fennel Group
  4. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: lists as Foeniculum vulgare var. dulce Batt. & Trab.
  5. Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
  6. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada Note: lists as Foeniculum vulgare var. dulce Batt. & Trab.
  7. Mansfeld, R. 1959. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2. Note: lists as Foeniculum vulgare var. dulce (Mill.) Thell.
  8. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  9. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  10. Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962-1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishRoman fennel  1Guzman, C. C. de & J. S. Siemonsma, eds. 1999. Spices. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 13:129. Note: = Foeniculum vulgare Sweet Fennel Group
Englishsweet fennel  1Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Frenchfenouil doux  2Mansfeld, R. 1959. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2. Note: lists as Foeniculum vulgare var. dulce (Mill.) Thell.
GermanGewürzfenchel  2Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNotecitation_id
2Cultivated    only cult.0
Cultivated (only cult.)

Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Food additivesflavoring Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: lists as Foeniculum vulgare var. dulce Batt. & Trab.
Food additivesflavoring Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Materialsessential oilsused for cosmetics, perfumesLeung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=102104. Accessed 9 May 2026.