Ferula teterrima Kar. & Kir.

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Ferula

Characteristics

Plants ca. 2 m, strongly onion-scented. Taproot fusiform, thickened. Stem solitary, stout, conspicuously fluted, pubescent, paniculate-branched, lower branches alternate, upper branches verticillate. Basal leaves broadly ovate in outline, ternate-3-pinnatisect; ultimate segments gray-green, lanceolate, ca. 10 mm, thin-leathery, soon wilting, distally crenulate to slightly lobed, densely pubescent, base cuneate, deciduous. Cauline leaves often less divided than basal, uppermost reduced to bladeless sheaths. Terminal umbels subsessile, lateral umbels 2–3, smaller, verticillate with elongate peduncles exceeding terminal; umbels ca. 12 cm across; bracts absent; rays 15–23, subequal, sparsely pubescent; bracteoles lanceolate, deciduous; umbellules 12–20-flowered. Petals abaxially pubescent. Fruit ellipsoid, ca. 10–12 mm; vittae 1–2 in each furrow, 6 on commissure. Fl. and fr. Apr–Jun.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Ferula teterrima world distribution map, present in China and Kazakhstan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:842530-1
WFO ID wfo-0000686847
COL ID 6HRXK
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Synonyms

Ferula teterrima Ferula balchaschensis