Ferula communis
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Ferula communis is a species of the Apiaceae
genus Ferula
. Despite the name, the plant is not a type of fennel proper, which belongs to another genus (Foeniculum
).
Ferula communis is a tall herbaceous
perennial. It is found in Mediterranean woodlands and shrublands. It was known in antiquity as narthex.
Apiaceae
The Apiaceae , commonly known as carrot or parsley family, is a group of mostly aromatic plants with hollow stems. The family is large, with more than 3,700 species spread across 434 genera, it is the sixteenth largest family of flowering plants...
genus Ferula
Ferula
Ferula is a genus of about 170 species of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae, native to the Mediterranean region east to central Asia, mostly growing in arid climates. They are herbaceous perennial plants growing to 1–4 m tall, with stout, hollow, somewhat succulent stems...
. Despite the name, the plant is not a type of fennel proper, which belongs to another genus (Foeniculum
Foeniculum
Foeniculum is a genus of fewer than half a dozen species, in the family Apiaceae .It is best known for Fennel , treated by some botanists as the sole species in the genus. The name of the genus is derived from Latin feniculum, fœniculum, diminutive of fenum, fœnum, "hay"....
).
Ferula communis is a tall herbaceous
Herbaceous
A herbaceous plant is a plant that has leaves and stems that die down at the end of the growing season to the soil level. They have no persistent woody stem above ground...
perennial. It is found in Mediterranean woodlands and shrublands. It was known in antiquity as narthex.