Apiaceae
Giant fennel
Ferula communis
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Ferula
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Common names
By language (25)
- Amharic
- ዶግ
- Arabic
- كلخ كبير, أبو كبير, قنة معروف
- arz
- كلخ كبير
- Asturian
- Cañavana
- Azerbaijani
- Adi ilankölgəsi
- Catalan
- Canyaferla, Ferla, Massota
- Chinese
- 大阿魏
- Corsican
- Ferula, Ferla, Vezza
- Croatian
- Obična firula
- Czech
- Ločidlo obecné
- English
- Giant fennel, Giant ferrel
- Esperanto
- Ordinara ferolo
- Finnish
- Välimerenkeltaputki
- French
- Férule commune, Grande Férule, Ferule commune
- German
- Riesenfenchel, Gemeines Rutenkraut, Gemeines Steckenkraut, Gewöhnliches Steckenkraut
- Greek
- Νάρθηκας, Άρτυκας, Φέρουλα η κοινή
- Hebrew
- כלך מצוי
- Italian
- Finocchiaccio
- Japanese
- オオウイキョウ, 巨茴香
- Kyrgyz
- Чайыр чөп же чаар куурай
- Persian
- رازیانه غول پیکر
- Spanish
- Caña, Caña del muermo, Cañabeja, Cañaheja, Bubon rigidior, Cañajelda, Peucedanum ferula
- Swedish
- Jättestinkfloka
- Uzbek
- Qatronlar o'ti yoki qatronli kenevir
- Welsh
- Ffenigl mawr
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 240 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Marios Thoma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Todd Boland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: pavlaki1968, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Vincenzo Lattanzi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Piermario Maculan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Robert Martin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Grzegorz Grzejszczak, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.