Re: Could f17r be fennel?

[Nick Pelling <incoming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Dana,

>    I will make every effort to identify the plant in f17r; however, even 
> with a
> real stretch of the imagination I find it very difficult to identify this 
> plant
> as Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare). I'll keep my eyes open and see what I can come
> up with :)
>
> http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/thome/band3/tafel_048_small.jpg
> http://www.sdnhm.org/valentien/images/fennel.jpg
> http://www.vitaminevi.com/Herb/Fennel.htm

Well... my untrained eye can certainly see similarities, especially in the 
first page - fennel would appear to have spiky green branch endings (or are 
those actually pointy leaves?) lower down the plant, and clusters of 
sticky-uppy seedpods at the top (I never was any good at botany, sorry).

All the same, the CopyFlo can be *so* frustrating sometimes. :-(

Perhaps the roots might be a good place to look next?

Thanks, .....Nick Pelling.....

PS: seeing fennel's "oestrogen-like" effect mentioned on the third page 
lifted my confidence. :-)