Only a garden escape in Northern Ireland, on rubbish dumps and sandy waste ground, not persisting more than a few years. Widely cultivated as a cooking herb; probably of European continental origin. The combination of fine feathery leaves, yellow flowers and the distinctive scent of the plant when crushed make it one of the easiest umbellifers to identify.
All names: Foeniculum vulgare Miller; Foeniculum officinale All.; Foeniculum foeniculum (L.) Karst.
NBN Atlas mapping: Species account : NBN Atlas UK Species Observations database
iNaturalist: Species account : iNaturalist World Species Observations database