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Wed, Sep 28, 11 at 3:52
| Apologies if this is the wrong forum, and hello from a new member.
Each fennel seed head seems to have a dead flower head with no seeds next to it. Is this the remains of a male flower? I searched the web and found nothing useful (I am a non-botanist and so get lost quickly in the jargon). Thanks in advance Phill |
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| Fennel isn't monoecious AFAIK. Each flower should have an ovary and stamens. |
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| Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare, is almost always monoclinous (hermaphroditic) but occasionally is andromonoecious (having male and hermaphroditic flowers). |
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