Apiaceae FAMILY
Ferula oopoda
Ferula oopoda
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Ferula oopoda is a herbaceous perennial plant growing from a taproot; it produces one to a few robust stems growing around 100cm tall[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeAsia - northeast Iraq, Transcaucasus, Iran,Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, western Pakistan
HabitatDry, often gypsiferous slopes[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].