Apiaceae FAMILY

Ferula caspica

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ferula caspica is a perennial plant growing from a taproot; it produces a single, slender stem (rarely 2 - 3), growing around 30 - 60cm tall[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine, presumably being used as a regional substitute for assafoetida (Ferula assa-foetida)[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEurasia - Ukraine to Turkey, east to Western Siberia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and western China (Xinjiang)

HabitatDry saline soils in S. and E. Ukraine and south-eastern. Russia[ 50 Title Flora Europaea Publication Author ? Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1964 ISBN - Description An immense work in 6 volumes (including the index). The standard reference flora for Europe, it is very terse though and with very little extra information. Not for the casual reader. ]. Rock crevices on low mountain slopes; at elevations from 500 - 1,800 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].