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Pimpinella anisum (anise burnet saxifrage)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Anise (/ˈænɪs/; Pimpinella anisum), also called aniseed, is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae native to the eastern Mediterranean region and Southwest Asia. Its flavor has similarities with some other spices, such as star anise, fennel, and licorice.
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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Low
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Lifespan [2]  Annual
Pollinators [2]  Insects, Lepidoptera
Scent [2]  The foliage has a strong aniseed fragrance.
Structure [3]  Herb
Usage [2]  An essential oil is obtained from the seed, used in perfumery, tooth pastes, medicinally and as a food flavouring; The powdered seed can be used as a dentrifice and mouthwash; The plant is an ingredient of pot-pourri. The plant can be used as an insect repellent but it is also said to attract mice; If aniseed oil is liberally smeared around live-traps it can attract mice and other rodents into them; The plants seem to be immune to the predations of slugs and snails and can help to protect neighbouring plants; A spray made by boiling of one part coriander leaves and one part anise seeds in two parts of water is very effective against red spider mites and woolly aphids;
Height [2]  18 inches (0.45 m)
Width [2]  6 inches (0.15 m)
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1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
4Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
5Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0