石防风(原变种) shi fang feng (yuan bian zhong)

Selinum terebinthaceum Fischer ex Treviranus, Ind. Sem. Hort. Vratisl. App. 3: 3. 1821; Kitagawia terebinthacea (Fischer ex Treviranus) Pimenov; Peucedanum paishanense Nakai; P. terebinthaceum var. paishanense (Nakai) Y. Huei Huang.

Leaf blade elliptic to triangular-ovate; ultimate segments lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 0.8–3 × 0.5–1.2 cm. n = 11*.

Forest margins, grassy slopes; 200–1200 m. NE Hebei, Heilongjiang (Lebei, Shangzhi), S Jilin (Antu), Liaoning (Anshan, Qian Shan), E Nei Mongol (Da Hinggan Ling) [Russia (Siberia)].

The root is used as a regional substitute for the traditional Chinese medicine “qian hu” (see Peucedanum praeruptorum).