Ferula foetida Regel

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Ferula

Characteristics

A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 2 m tall and 1.5 m wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system tap-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in deserts. It needs a sunny position. It suits hardiness zones 7-10.
More
Sandy deserts. Rocky hillsides.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 2-6
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

The gum has a garlic like taste. The roots and leaves are eaten as a vegetable.
Uses animal food essential oil food food additive gum material medicinal
Edible gums leaves roots saps shoots stems
Therapeutic use Epilepsy (plant exudate), Hysteria (plant exudate), Intestinal diseases (plant exudate), Scorpion stings (plant exudate), Antispasmodic (unspecified), Colic (unspecified), Convulsion(Infant) (unspecified), Croup (unspecified), Excrescence(Anus) (unspecified), Expectorant (unspecified), Laxative (unspecified), Cancer(Uterus) (unspecified), Asthma (unspecified), Bronchitis (unspecified), Expectorants (unspecified), Flatulence (unspecified), Hysteria (unspecified), Parasympatholytics (unspecified), Whooping cough (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -12
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Ferula foetida unspecified picture

Distribution

Ferula foetida world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:842277-1
WFO ID wfo-0000686557
COL ID 6HS3T
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Ferula foetida Ferula scorodosma Scorodosma foetida