Physospermopsis obtusiuscula (DC.) C. Norman

This is a widespread species with complex morphological variation. Distinction between this species and Physospermopsis shaniana is not always straightforward.

Plants 15–45 cm, sometimes flushed red. Root short, thickened. Stem dark purple-green, simple, occasionally branched at base. Leaves petiolate; petioles 3–4 cm, sheaths small; blade ovate in outline, 4–5 cm, 2-pinnate; pinnae ovate, ca. 1.5 cm, margin pinnatifid; ultimate segments narrowly elliptic, 2–3 × 1–2 mm. Primary umbels 5–18 cm across; peduncles 9–18 cm; bracts 4–6, leaf-like, 2-pinnate; rays purple, 14–17, 2.5–14 cm, unequal, becoming erect in fruit; bracteoles 3–4, broadly obovate, slightly longer than flowers, 6–9-toothed at apex; umbellules 7–12-flowered. Calyx teeth minute. Fruit ovoid to broadly ovoid, 2.5–3.2 × 1.5–1.8 mm; ribs narrowly winged, sinuolate; vittae 2 in each furrow, 4 on commissure. Seed face plane. Fl. and fr. Aug–Sep.

E. Himalaya (Nepal to Bhutan), Assam, Tibet.

Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, NE India, Nepal, Sikkim].

3000-4600 m

Forests, grasslands; 3900–4300 m.

Physospermopsis obtusiuscula là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Hoa tán. Loài này được (Wall. ex DC.) C. Norman miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1938.

波棱滇芎（学名：Physospermopsis obtusiuscula）为伞形科滇芎属下的一个种。