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Ferula foetida is a species of Ferula native to Central Asia (Kyzylkum Desert, Karakum Desert, Turkmenistan), Eastern Iran, western Afghanistan and western Pakistan.[2] It is the most widely distributed species that produces asafoetida.[2] It is often mistaken for the Southern Iranian species F. assa-foetida,[2] for example, in Flora of the U.S.S.R. and Flora of Pakistan.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Ferula foetida (Bunge) Regel". Plants of the World Online. Kew Science. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  2. ^ a b c Chamberlain, David F (1977). "The identity of Ferula assa-foetida L." Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. 35 (2): 229–233.
  3. ^ Shishkin, B. K. (1974) [1951]. Flora of the U.S.S.R. Vol. 17. Translated by Lavoott, R. Edited by Lorch, J. Jerusalem: Israel Program for Scientific Translations. p. 52. ISBN 0-7065-1299-5.
  4. ^ "Ferula assa-foetida L." Flora of Pakistan. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2021-05-20.


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