Pimpinella thellungiana H.Wolff

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Pimpinella

Characteristics

Plants perennial, 30–80(–110) cm, shortly pubescent. Root cylindric, 50–150 × 5–10 mm. Stem little-branched. Basal and lower petioles 5–20 cm; blade oblong-ovate in outline, 4–17 × 2–6 cm, 1-pinnate; pinnae 3–5 pairs, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 10–40(–70) × 5–20(–40) mm, margins lacerate-incised or pinnatifid, adaxially sparsely pubescent, abaxially densely pubescent. Upper leaves smaller, 1-pinnate, pinnae 2–3 pairs, or reduced to bladeless sheaths. Umbels (2.5–)4–6 cm across; bracts and bracteoles absent; rays 8–20(–25), 2–3(–4) cm, subequal, filiform, glabrous; umbellules 7–12 mm across, 10–25-flowered; pedicels 1.5–5 mm, unequal, glabrous. Calyx teeth obsolete. Petals white, ovate or obovate, apex with incurved lobule. Stylopodium conic; styles ca. 2–3 × stylopodium, spreading. Fruit oblong-ovoid, ca. 3 × 2 mm, glabrous; vittae 3 in each furrow, 4–6 on commissure. Seed face plane. Fl. Jun–Aug, fr. Aug–Oct.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.8
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Flower color
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Environment

Forests, among shrubs, grassy slopes; at elevations from 600-2,300 metres.
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Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Pimpinella thellungiana world distribution map, present in China, Liberia, and Mongolia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:847075-1
WFO ID wfo-0001068713
COL ID 4HX9K
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Pimpinella thellungiana