Peucedanum seeds

LATIN NAME: Peucedanum

COMMON NAME: Hog’s Fennel

The hog’s fennel is a tall, quiet herb of the old meadows, with a long record in the cough remedies of the old practice. The upright, aromatic, perennial plant carries the finely divided, feathery leaves and the wide, flat heads of the small, yellow or greenish-yellow flowers through the summer, standing tall at the back of the border. The aromatic roots and the leaves have a very long record in the old practice of the cool regions, and the plant is a fine, quiet presence of the herb garden and the wild patch. It is a plant of the open, sunny, well-drained ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The hog’s fennel is an old subject of the plant science, and the aromatic roots have a long record in the cough remedies of the old practice. The chemistry of the roots and the leaves, which give the fine, sharp, aromatic note, has been studied closely, and it keeps showing up in the work on the aromatic herbs, the old cough remedies and the members of the carrot family. The finely divided, feathery leaves and the tall, upright habit have also made it a fine garden plant, and the hog’s fennel is a regular subject of the studies of the aromatic meadow herbs of the cool world.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

The hog’s fennel is an old, aromatic herb with a steady record in the old practice. The wide, flat heads of the small, yellow flowers open through the summer, drawing the hoverflies and the small bees, and the aromatic roots and the leaves have a very long record in the cough remedies of the old practice. The plant is a tall, quiet presence of the herb garden, the meadow patch and the back of the border, giving the fine, sharp, aromatic note to the old remedies. It has been written up in the botanical and the herbal papers for the feathery leaves and the long record of the root, and it is a fine, quiet plant of the open, sunny, well-drained garden.

The hog’s fennel is one of the tall, aromatic herbs of the old meadows, and the flat heads of the yellow flowers draw the hoverflies through the summer. The aromatic roots have a very long record in the old practice.

To grow the hog’s fennel from seed, sow the small, brown seeds in pots of moist, free-draining soil, keeping them in the shade, and set the young plants out in the cool, rich ground. The seedlings appear within a few weeks and grow on steadily. With the sun and the deep, well-drained ground, the flat heads of the yellow flowers will rise through the summer.

Medicinal Uses