Chaerophyllum villosum Wall. & Dc.

Plants annual, 70–120 cm high. Root fusiform. Lower leaves long-petiolate; petiole 2.5–7 cm, sheath pubescent; blade broadly ovate in outline, 10–20 × 5–10 cm, 3-ternate-pinnate; primary pinnae 5–6 pairs, broadly deltoid-lanceolate, 2.5–7 × 1.5–4 cm; ultimate segments ovate, small; both surfaces hispid or adaxial surface glabrous, finely serrate. Umbels to 6 cm wide; rays 2–5, 1.5–4 cm; bracteoles 2–6, linear, 1.5–4 × 1–1.5 mm, midrib conspicuous, margins ciliate. Umbellules 9–13-flowered, to 2 cm wide; staminate flowers 4–8 per umbellule, bisexual flowers 3–7 in each umbellule. Pedicels 1–2 mm, extending to 3–6 mm in fruit. Petals white, pale yellow or pale bluish purple, obovate. Style shorter than stylopodium. Fruit 7–9 × 1.5–2.5 mm, apex acuminate and beaked; ribs broad. Fl. and fr. Jul–Aug.

Moist shady places at elevations of 2100-3500 metres in Nepal. Forests, road sides or open grassy places at elevations of 2100-2800 metres in southwestern China.

The tender leaves and shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable. The tubers are eaten raw or after boiling.

Plants are grown from seed.