WILD FLOWERS 017
Foeniculum vulgare
Wild Fennel · Bużbież
Into a bright, scented world.
| Series | Wild Flowers of Malta |
| Encounter | 08 Nov 2025 · Triq Għal Għar Ħanżir, Qormi, Malta |
| Created | 2025 |
| Medium | Digital painting |
| Dimensions | Adjustable |
About the Plant
Known in Malta as bużbież, wild fennel is an indigenous aromatic plant commonly found along roadsides, rural paths, abandoned fields and disturbed ground. Its yellow umbels flower from May to October, and its seeds have a naturally sweet, distinctly fennel-like flavour.
* Botanical information referenced from Stephen Mifsud’s Online Flora of the Maltese Islands ( MaltaWildPlants.com ).
Available as a signed archival pigment print