giant fennel การใช้
- Asafetida : Dried resinlike substance obtained from the rhizomes ( surface roots ) of several species of giant fennel.
- Other species of the genus " Ferula " are also commonly called giant fennel, but they are not culinary herbs.
- It is commonly believed to be a now-extinct plant of the genus " Ferula ", perhaps a variety of " giant fennel ".
- The fields fill with larkspur, anemones and asphodel, with stalks of giant fennel in whose slow-burning pith Prometheus brought fire to the Earth.
- Giant fennel ( " Ferula communis " ) is a large, coarse plant, with a pungent aroma, which grows wild in the Mediterranean region and is only occasionally grown in gardens elsewhere.
- A powdered resin derived from a giant fennel plant, asafoetida is used in minute quantities in Indian cooking, particularly vegetables and legumes, to give a deep bass note and resonance to the flavors.
- Adults can be seen from May to October feeding on nectar of Devil's-bit Scabious ( " Succisa pratensis " ), of " Ferulago campestris " and of the Giant Fennel " ( Ferula communis " ).
- In its native range, it is frequently confused with the similar-looking " Ferula communis ", the giant fennel . " Thapsia villosa " and " Ferula communis " share some common names in Spanish like " ca馻heja ".
- The food plants are from the family Umbelliferae, and include fennel ( " Foeniculum vulgare " ), giant fennel ( " Ferula communis " ), Corsican rue ( " Ruta corsica " ) and " Peucedanum paniculatum " though some of these records are disputed . " Papilio hospiton " is bivoltine with broods in May and August.