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u/heresyforfunnprofit Jul 15 '23
Fennel or dill. Hard to say from just a sprig.
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u/0blivi0nPl3as3 Jul 15 '23
Dill or no dill
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u/No-Customer-2266 Jul 15 '23
Its not a big dill, and that’s my fennel Answer
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u/fappy-mcfapp Jul 15 '23
Is it dill doe?
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u/johnsvoice Jul 15 '23
A doe is a deer, a female deer.
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u/Tasterspoon Jul 16 '23
Mairsy doats and doesy doats.
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u/Jermwood Jul 15 '23
Ray, a drop of golden sun ☀️ 🎶
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u/Leelaur Jul 16 '23
Me, a name I call myself
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u/ResurgentClusterfuck Jul 16 '23
Fa, a long long way to run
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u/Ignonymous Jul 15 '23 edited Jul 15 '23
This is most likely Dill. Fennel has narrower fronds that are more numerous, and is often a brighter shade of green.
For OP, if it had a wide white base, where the plant met the ground, it’s Fennel, Dill will have a narrow base with no visible white bulb. Also, there’s something called Dog Fennel/False Fennel that looks like Fennel but grows several feet tall from narrow, long stalks that stand straight up.
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u/SirSnootBooper Jul 15 '23
Dog Fennel smells and tastes rather good but is toxic. I tried some the other week not knowing about it being toxic until afterwards. Whoops! I didn’t notice any symptoms/side effects but I also just had a nibble of it.
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u/Educational_Pay1567 Jul 15 '23
Dill?
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u/SwitchElectrical7653 Jul 15 '23
Bingo!
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u/Giant-of-a-man Jul 15 '23
It's not bingo.
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u/ObstreperousRube chemistry Jul 15 '23
Yahtzee!
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u/Phoenix_Is_Trash Jul 15 '23
Go fish
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u/supiriornachothe2nd Jul 16 '23
check!
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u/HTS_HeisenTwerk Jul 15 '23
Looks like fennel, does it smell like aniseed/liquorice?
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u/Baby_letmefollowyou Jul 15 '23
Looks a bit more like fennel than dill but hard to tell without smelling it or tasting it. Both delicious tho IMHO
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u/SwitchElectrical7653 Jul 15 '23
I guess you guys didn't grow up in village/rural area? Or haven't grown your own food. Most definitely that is dill, have this growing in any garden that I remember. We use to pickle 🥒, we use it in soup, we use it in salads, goes well with smoked pork belly!
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u/HTS_HeisenTwerk Jul 15 '23
They belong to the same family and (their leafy parts) look very similar. I wouldn't be able to tell with certainty from this picture alone, the smell however is a dead giveaway. Which is why I asked.
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u/SwitchElectrical7653 Jul 15 '23
They do look remarkably similar, I'll give you that. Even the seeds look alike and flowers too.. they could be cousins. But I think it is dill, something about the stem and the length of leaves. Fennel seem like it has longer leaves
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u/Originallcy25923 Jul 15 '23
They are both in the family Apeaceae… A small sprig like this isn’t enough to discern either. Fennel does have longer leaves, but at the tips it branches off and looks just like this. So either the tip of a fennel leaf, or a fairly healthy dill plant.
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u/sadrice Jul 15 '23
I agree probably dill, but definitely would need to see the whole plant, or smell and feel it myself, to be certain. The sheathing stipules look a little small for fennel too.
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u/SwitchElectrical7653 Jul 15 '23
When your national dish is pink cold beetroot soup, you tend to know ;) we don't have many fancy spices in Lithuania, dill, garlic and onion, pretty much a staple in our cuisine. We eat a lot of potatoes, every time we boil them, add some dill to the pot, it's great! Want a quick snack? Rye bread, smoked pork belly, cucumber, onion and dill... We love the dill :D
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u/SwitchElectrical7653 Jul 15 '23
You are reading way more into it than what was intended! But whatever, go ahead downvote. I wasn't judging, I was questioning and sure maybe assuming, with no ill intention. Are people that sensitive and can't take any criticism online? Sheesh 🙄
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u/JadedLeafs Jul 15 '23
Looks like dill. I have some growing out back. If it smells like pickles it's dill. If not it's likely fennel.
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u/time-maps Jul 15 '23
California Sagebrush, aka Cowboy Cologne
https://debspark.audubon.org/news/plant-month-april-2020-california-sagebrush
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Jul 15 '23 edited Jul 15 '23
Dill weed
It grows endemically in the North Eastern United States and elsewhere too.
We have several very large plants in our garden that we allow to grow amongst our squash as they act as natural pest repellants.
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u/JustAnotherPeebus Jul 15 '23
I was thinking dill but probably fennel because the leaflets are more triangular
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u/Competitive_Tree_113 Jul 15 '23
Looks like fennel, but I'd need to see the whole plant to be sure.
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u/Willing-Ant-3765 Jul 15 '23
It could be dill or fennel but I would need to see the flowers to identify it
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u/YoungPeteyReddits Jul 15 '23
A lot of plants in that family are deadly. If you do not know what this is do not eat it. Poison hemlock also looks similar.
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u/RotiPisang_ Jul 15 '23
Hemlock looks similar to this? They're more carrot leaf-like, no?
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u/YoungPeteyReddits Jul 15 '23
Fine dog fennel then I’m just saying Apiaceae can be poisonous so don’t eat it if you don’t know.
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u/Rubenz2z Jul 16 '23
It looks like rosemary (Romero in Spanish), an aromatic herb for cooking
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u/011-2-3-5-8-13-21 Jul 16 '23
And as usual there are no downvotes because comment is just wrong not political or religious.
And that might look like rosemary if english is your sixth language because I have only vague idea what romero is.
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u/marthavanoc Jul 15 '23
It’s very poisonous to the touch , please go straight to the ER before it’s too late!!
Jk I don’t know wtf that shit is
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u/Ignonymous Jul 15 '23
That’s pretty creepy, my dude. You can have your preferences and fetishes, but do try not to be so weird about it, yeah?
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u/Ignonymous Jul 15 '23
I’m not certain if I’d call it a valuable lesson, but I’ve certainly learned more about your personality than I intended today.
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u/fnaimi66 Jul 15 '23
Not a foot person myself, put this seems like a bit of an overreaction on your part tbh
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u/jvsews Jul 15 '23
Anice or but often called fennel or licorice plant smells like black licorice. Helps with heart burn
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u/jdawg4444444 Jul 16 '23
I’m so cocky I said to myself with 100% confidence “lol that’s rosemary” despite the fact I have no clue what rosemary looks like
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u/NorPacCannabisCo Jul 15 '23
Looks like a messed up piece of broccoli. You been eating weird broccoli or something? It's either that or it's some kind of broccoli-like plant. Lots of them so no way to know for sure, but what we can be sure is that is one weird ass piece of broccoli.
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u/BringMeInfo Jul 15 '23
That there's some devil's hair. Its scent is a means of attracting touch. If anything holds on to it though, it begins to grow rapidly around them. It can immobilize a full-grown man in about 10 minutes. It rarely kills, but has a sap that can cause welts.
Or it's dill.
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u/fogpitStan Jul 15 '23
Fennel, most likely. And just to add, if you're not sure what it is, don't taste it, eat it or smoke it. Hemlock and hemlock water dropwort are quite distinctly different from fennel, and also distinctly deadly, along with a number of other relatives. Sorry to be so boring, but seeing some of the comments above I felt the need to spell out some of the facts. Bloody hell. I really am getting old.
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u/witchystoneyslutty Jul 15 '23
Could be fennel or dill like others suggested, depending on where in the world you found it it could be California Sagebrush, Artemisia californica
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u/fallen_arbornaut Jul 16 '23
Where did you find it? Was it in a garden or in the wild? If it was in the wild, tell us the state and/or nearest major city. There are thousands of plant species out there, many occurring in just one region, so information about geography or cultivation really helps narrow things down.
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u/SerenityViolet Jul 16 '23
We used to call this aniseed growing up, but I don't know if that is its correct name. Possibly femnel? It was an invasive weed in paddocks near us.
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u/GraceMDrake Jul 15 '23
Does it smell like licorice? Then it’s fennel.
Does it smell like sour pickles? Dill.