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Ferula persica

Ferula persica
Photo: Rawpixel, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Apiaceae (Carrot family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
Transcaucasus to Iran
Climate
temperate

About

Ferula persica, the Persian asafoetida, is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native to the Caucasus and Iran. It contains a number of matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors.

Other Ferula plants

Ferula ammoniacum · Asafoetida · Ferula aucheri · Giant Fennel · Cyprus Fennel · Ferula drudeana · Asafetida · Galbanum · Hermon Giant Fennel · Maltese Giant Fennel · Ferula mikraskythiana · Muskroot

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ferula persica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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