Bupleurum malconense Shan & Yin Li

This species is used as a regional substitute for the Chinese medicine “chai hu.”

Plants 30–65 cm, perennial. Taproot stout, woody, purplish-brown, digitate-branched. Stems numerous, usually erect, base purplish, without fibrous remnant sheaths. Basal leaves numerous, linear, 10–15 × 0.25–0.5 cm, thick and rigid, 5–7-nerved, base clasping. Middle and upper leaves linear-lanceolate, 3–5-nerved. Umbels numerous, small, 1–2 cm across; peduncles usually purplish-tinged; bracts 2–3, linear or squamose, 1–5 × 0.5–1 mm, unequal; rays 3–5, 1–2 cm; bracteoles 5, lanceolate, 2–2.5 × 0.6–0.8 mm, slightly shorter than or equaling umbellules; umbellules very small, 4–6 mm across, 7–11-flowered; pedicels 0.5–1 mm. Petals yellow. Stylopodium low-conic, yellow. Fruit ellipsoid, brown, 2.5–3 × 1.5–1.8 mm; vittae 3 in each furrow, 4 on commissure. Fl. Jul–Sep, fr. Sep–Oct. n = 6*.

S Gansu, SE Qinghai, W Sichuan, SE Xizang.

Shrub forest margins, mountain slopes, riversides, ruderal areas; 2000–3700 m.

Bupleurum malconense là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Hoa tán. Loài này được R.H.Shan & Y.Li mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1974.

马尔康柴胡（学名：Bupleurum malconense）为伞形科柴胡属的植物，为中国的特有植物。分布在中国大陆的甘肃、四川、青海等地，生长于海拔2,040米至2,950米的地区，一般生于灌丛边缘、山坡草地或河边骸耕作地旁，目前已由人工引种栽培。