Ferula parva

Şeytanboku

Perennial, polycarpic herbs. Rootstock oblong, 0.7- 1.5 cm diam.; fibrous collar dense, 1-3 cm. Stem 20-50  cm, terete, weakly sulcate, glabrous, 1-3 mm diam. at the base. Basal leaves triangular-ovate in outline, 8-18 x 4-8 cm; petioles 1-5 cm long, sparsely scabrid; lamina 3-4-pinnate; ultimate segments linearlanceolate, 0.5-2 x 0.3-1 mm, sometimes involute, scabrid, acute to acuminate. All sheaths amplexicaul, coriaceous, sometimes violaceous, weakly sulcate, glabrous; lower sheaths cylindrical, 1-4 x 0.4-1 cm, weakly inflated, lamina reduced, 1-2-pinnate, sparsely scabrid, sometimes absent; middle and upper sheaths ovate, 1.5-5 x 0.5-2.5 cm, broadly inflated, lamina usually absent, Inflorescence very lax paniculatecorymbose, lateral branches short, central umbels 0.5-5 cm or sessile, lateral umbels usually 1-2, up to 10 cm, usually sterile, bract-like sheath present or absent at the base of lateral umbel; rays 3-6 , 1-3 cm in fruiting time, } equal, lax; umbellules 6-12-flowered, fruiting pedicels 5-10 mm. Bracteoles 2-4, ovatelanceolate, 1-2 mm, glabrous, caducous. Sepals obsolete. Petals yellow, 1.5 mm, glabrous, deflexed. Mericarps elliptic-oblong, rarely obovate, 6-12 x 4-7 mm, light brown when ripe; dorsal ridges filiform, lateral wings 0.5-1 mm wide; stylopodium conical-terete; style usually persistent; stigma capitate; dorsal vittae 1-2 per vallecule, commissural vittae 2-6. Flowering time: July-August. Habitat: Stony rocky places, slopes, 900-1400 m.

Endemic.