南竹叶环根芹 nan zhu ye huan gen qin

Arracacia peucedanifolia Franchet, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, sér. 8, 6: 114. 1894; Acronema edosmioides (H. de Boissieu) Pimenov & Kljuykov; Cenolophium chinense M. Hiroe; Cyclorhiza edosmioides (H. de Boissieu) M. L. Sheh; C. major (M. L. Sheh & R. H. Shan) M. L. Sheh; C. waltonii (H. Wolff) M. L. Sheh & R. H. Shan var. major M. L. Sheh & R. H. Shan; Pimpinella edosmioides H. de Boissieu.

Plants 80–150 cm. Roots 5–15 × 0.6–1.5 cm. Stem striate, lower parts purple-brown. Leaves broadly ovate-triangular in outline, 15–25 × 12–20 cm; petiole 6–20 cm, stout; pinnae 5–6 pairs, remote; ultimate segments ovate-oblong to linear-lanceolate, 20–60 × 3–10 mm. Umbels 3–14 cm across; peduncles 5–18 cm, stout; bracts usually absent, occasionally 1–2, 2–5 mm, membranous; rays 5–15, 2–9 cm, unequal; umbellules 14–20-flowered; pedicels 5–14 mm, unequal. Petals ca. 1.5 × 1 mm. Fruit ovoid, 4–7 × 2–3.5 mm, chocolate-brown; ribs pale brown. Seed face deeply concave. Fl. Jul–Aug, fr. Sep–Oct.

Alpine open mixed forests, bamboo thickets, scrub; 1800–3600 m. SW Sichuan (Muli), SE Xizang, NW Yunnan.

This species has reputed medicinal value.