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Ferula foetida

Ferula foetida is a species of Ferula native to Central Asia, Eastern Iran, western Afghanistan and western Pakistan. It is the most widely distributed species that produces asafoetida. It is often mistaken for the Southern Iranian species F. assa-foetida, for example, in Flora of the U.S.S.R. and Flora of Pakistan.

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Ferula foetida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Ferula
Species:
F. foetida
Binomial name
Ferula foetida
F. foetida is distributed in the dark and light green parts.
Synonyms1
  • Ferula scorodosma Bentley & Trimen
  • Scorodosma foetidum Bunge

Ferula foetida is a species of Ferula native to Central Asia (Kyzylkum Desert, Karakum Desert, Turkmenistan), Eastern Iran, western Afghanistan and western Pakistan.2 It is the most widely distributed species that produces asafoetida.2 It is often mistaken for the Southern Iranian species F. assa-foetida,2 for example, in Flora of the U.S.S.R. and Flora of Pakistan.34

  • Plants
    Plants
  • Basal leaves
    Basal leaves
  • Stem
    Stem
  • Compound inflorescence
    Compound inflorescence
  • Umbels
    Umbels
References

References

  1. "Ferula foetida (Bunge) Regel". Plants of the World Online. Kew Science. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  2. Chamberlain, David F (1977). "The identity of Ferula assa-foetida L." Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. 35 (2): 229–233.
  3. Shishkin, B. K. (1974) [1951]. Flora of the U.S.S.R. Vol. 17. Translated by Lavoott, R. Edited by Lorch, J. Jerusalem: Israel Program for Scientific Translations. p. 52. ISBN 0-7065-1299-5.
  4. "Ferula assa-foetida L." Flora of Pakistan. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2021-05-20.