Vegetable
Rubrum
B tier
Rubrum is a bronze-red herb fennel cultivar name—copper foliage, tall umbels, culinary fronds with standard anise character. Grown as much for colour as for kitchen use. Young rubrum leaves brighten salads; mature fronds season fish. Seeds form if flowers are left. An ornamental edible within the bronze fennel group.
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Preparations
FishFreshGarnishSeed Optional
Traits
Anise FrondBronze RedCopperDecorativeHerb CultivarHerbalOrnamental Culinary
History
Rubrum bronze fennel appeared in ornamental herb collections.
European nurseries listed Rubrum for coloured fennel foliage.
Culinary gardeners harvested Rubrum as dual-purpose herb.
Rubrum stayed a common bronze fennel seed name.