球根阿魏 qiu gen a wei

Ferula karelinii Bunge, Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 7: 306. 1851; Schumannia turcomanica Kuntze.

Plants 40–100 cm. Stem slender, glabrous, lower branches alternate, upper branches verticillate. Leaf blade obtriangular or broadly ovate, 8–40 × 6–30 cm; ultimate leaf segments 2–20 × 0.5–1 mm, entire or serrate apically. Umbels 3–12 cm across; rays 5–29, subequal, glabrous, white-striate; bracteoles 5–6, pubescent, margins scarious; umbellules very small, 4–7 mm across, remote. Calyx teeth broadly triangular, white membranous in fruit. Fruit 10–15 × 5–8 mm;. Fl. and fr. May–Jul.

Sandy places in deserts; 500–700 m. N Xinjiang (Altay Shan, Huocheng, Tian Shan) [Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan; SW Asia (Iran)].