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Ferula krylovii

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Description

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Genus Ferula

Herbs, perennial , monocarpic or polycarpic, often onion-(Allium) -scented. Taproot stout, often woody. Stem branching, alternate, opposite or verticillate , base often clothed in fibrous remnant sheaths . Leaves petiolate , base sheathing, usually broadly so; blade 24-pinnate or 24-pinnatisect. Cauline leaves reduced upwards. Inflorescences often polygamous, terminal umbels compound , flowers perfect ; lateral umbels both compound and simple , flowers bisexual or staminate ; bracts usually absent; bracteoles present or absent. Calyx teeth obsolete or minute, triangular (except F. kingdon-wardii). Petals yellow or pale yellow (rarely greenish-yellow), ovate or lanceolate-oblong, apex acuminate, inflexed . Stylopodium conic, base sometimes dilated , lobed . Fruit ellipsoid or ovate-globose, strongly dorsally compressed , glabrous (rarely sparsely puberulent ) ; dorsal ribs filiform , usually prominent , lateral ribs winged , wings narrow or broad; vittae 14 in each furrow, 212 on commissure . Seed face plane or slightly concave . Carpophore 2-cleft to base.

About 150 species: N Africa, C and SW Asia, Mediterranean region; 26 species (seven endemic) in China.[1]

Physical Description

Species Ferula krylovii

Plants 0.5–1.5 m , strongly onion-scented. Taproot fusiform , thickened, rootstock unbranched. Stem solitary, stout, paniculate-branched, lower branches alternate, upper branches verticillate , usually pale purplish-red with age. Leaves broadly ovate , ternate-3-pinnatisect; ultimate segments gray-green, oblong , lobed or toothed , lobules lanceolate, densely pubescent , deciduous. Cauline leaves reduced upwards, sheaths lanceolate. Terminal umbel sessile, lateral umbels 2–3, with elongate peduncles exceeding terminal; umbels ca. 12 cm across; bracts absent; rays 12–23, rather short, umbels subglobose; umbellules 10–13-flowered. Petals abaxially pubescent. Stylopodium conic, base dilated ; styles elongate. Fruit long-ellipsoid, ca. 14 mm; lateral ribs narrowly winged ; vittae 2–3 in each furrow, 6 on commissure . Fl. and fr. May–Jul. [source]

Habitat

Alkaline grasslands; 600–800 m [2].

Taxonomy

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Similar Species

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Members of the genus Ferula

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 10 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

F. asa-foetida (Asafetida) · F. assa-foetida (Asafetida) · F. communis (Giant Fennel) · F. communis communis (Giant Fennel) · F. gummosa (Galbanum) · F. iliensis (Ilan) · F. kirialovii (Lambutta) · F. kuhistanica (Kamol) · F. narthex (Ferula) · F. tingitana (Giant Tangier Fennel)

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Footnotes

  1. Sheh Meng-lan, Mark F. Watson "Ferula". in Flora of China Vol 14. Page 174.. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
  2. "Ferula krylovii". in Flora of China Vol. 14 Page 176. Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
Last Revised: 2012-07-18