Pimpinella anisum, L.

5. P. anisum L. View in CoL , Sp. Pl. 264 (1753) View Cited Treatment

{ Anisum vulgare Gaertner ).

Finely pubescent, strongly aromatic annual 10-50 cm. Stem terete, striate, branched above. Lowest leaves reniform, incisedentate or shallowly lobed; next leaves pinnate with 3-5, ovate or obovate, dentate segments; upper cauline leaves 2- to 3-pinnate, with linear-lanceolate lobes and narrow, sheathing petioles. Rays 7-15, sparsely puberulent. Bracts absent or 1; bracteoles usually few, filiform. Petals white. Fruit 3-5 mm, ovoid to oblong, shortly appressed-setose. Widely cultivated for its aromatic fruits and often naturalized; native distribution unknown, but certainly o f Asiatic origin. [Au Bu Cr Cz Ga Ge G r Hs Hu It Ju Lu No Po Rm Rs (C, W, E).]