Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Anethum graveolens
aneto, eneldo, anisillo, hinojo hediondo, dill, anise, shubit
Plants 30–75(–100) cm, glabrous, strongly aromatic. Basal leaf blade broadly ovate, 3–4-pinnately dissected; ultimate segments narrow linear, 4–20 × ca. 0.5 mm. Upper leaves smaller and less divided, petioles sheathing throughout. Umbels 5–15 cm across; rays 10–25, 3–5 cm; umbellules 15–25-flowered; pedicels 6–10 mm. Fruit brown, 3–5 × 2–2.5 mm; lateral ribs gray-white, narrowly winged (WFO, 2022).
It is has environmental uses, as a medicine and for food (POWO, 2022).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Apiales
Family
Apiaceae
Genus
Anethum
Species
graveolens
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Anethum graveolens subsp. sowa (Roxb. ex Fleming) N.F. Koren
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1993
Mode of introduction: Intentional
Introduction Pathway: Intentional
Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Its native range is N. Africa to Chad, Iran to Arabian Peninsula (POWO, 2022).
- Chavez, J. (1993) Diagnostico de la Agricultura y la Ganader¡a en la Provincia de Galapagos. Tesis.
- Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
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"Galapagos Species Database, Anethum graveolens", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1780. Accessed 2 May 2026.