Pimpinella coriacea (Franch.) H. Boiss.

This species has reputed medicinal value. See the taxonomic note under Pimpinella candolleana.

Plants perennial, 30–70 cm, sparsely pubescent. Root fusiform, ca. 5 × 0.4 cm. Stems solitary, rarely 2–3. Basal and lower leaves simple, cordate-ovate, (1–)2–5 × 1–3 cm, both surfaces pubescent, margins coarsely serrate. Upper leaves smaller, sessile, 1-pinnate or 3-lobed, lobes lanceolate. Umbels 2–5 cm across; bracts 1–2, linear, 4–8 mm, or absent; rays (8–)15–20, 2–4(–6) cm, unequal, pubescent; bracteoles 1–3, linear, 1.5–3 mm, shorter than pedicels, glabrous; umbellules ca. 8 mm across, 15–25-flowered; pedicels 0.7–3 mm, unequal. Calyx teeth obsolete. Petals white, obcordate, base cuneate, apex notched with incurved lobule, abaxially hairy. Stylopodium conic; styles 1–1.5 × stylopodium, spreading. Fruit ovoid, ca. 1.5 × 1 mm, base cordate, surface densely papillose-rugose; vittae 1–3 in each furrow, 2–4 on commissure. Seed face plane. Fl. May–Aug, fr. Aug–Nov.

Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan.

Forests, grassy streamsides; 900–3200 m.

Pimpinella coriacea là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Hoa tán. Loài này được (Franch.) H. Boissieu miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1909.

革叶茴芹（学名：Pimpinella coriacea）为伞形科茴芹属的植物，为中国的特有植物。分布在中国大陆的贵州、广西、四川、云南等地，生长于海拔950米至3,200米的地区，多生在沟边及林下，目前尚未由人工引种栽培。