Seseli schansiense Fedde ex H. Wolff.

Plants 50–70 cm, monocarpic. Caudex simple. Stem solitary, branched from middle, densely pubescent under synflorescence. Basal leaves subsessile, sheaths broadly lanceolate, pubescent; blade triangular-ovate, 8–13 × 5–8 cm, 2-pinnately dissected; pinnae long-petiolulate; ultimate segments sessile, lateral segments obovate-oblong or rhombic, 2–3-lobed, terminal segments obovate-cuneate, 3-lobed, base decurrent, abaxially gray-green, sparsely puberulous on both surfaces, especially abaxially and margins. Umbels 3–7 cm across; peduncles densely pubescent; bracts absent or several, linear or linear-lanceolate, small, puberulous; rays 6–12, 1.5–4 cm, very unequal, pubescent; bracteoles 8–10, linear-lanceolate, exceeding flowers, apex caudate; umbellules 16–30-flowered; pedicels 2–4 mm. Petals white, abaxially puberulous. Stylopodium low-conic, base undulate; styles reflexed. Fruit oblong, slightly dorsally compressed, 3–5 × 2–3.5 mm, puberulent; ribs all filiform, acute-keeled; vittae 2–3 in each furrow, 4–6 on commissure. Fl. and fr. Aug–Sep.

This poorly known taxon is recorded only from the type gathering.

Mountain slopes, grasslands, roadsides; ca. 1000 m. S Shanxi (Quwo).