Vicatia coniifolia Wall. ex DC.

Grows in shady forests and alpine regions from 2500-4000 M.

Plants 5–30 cm, essentially glabrous (except base of umbels sparsely strigose). Stem solitary, erect. Leaves ternate-2–3-pinnate; primary pinnae 5–6 pairs, very finely divided, both surfaces glabrous; ultimate segments linear or lanceolate, 1.5–3 × 0.8–3 mm, pinnatifid. Leaves reduced upwards. Umbels 2–4 cm across; bracts usually absent or 1–2, leaf-like; rays 6–12, un-equal, 4–15 mm in flower, elongating to 3 cm in fruiting umbellules (remains of short male umbellules conspicuous at base of umbel); bracteoles 3–6, linear, 3–5 mm; as long or longer than the umbellules. Petals white or purplish-red, ca. 1.5 × 1 mm, base shortly clawed. Fruit oblong-ovoid, 3.3–4 × 1–1.4 mm; ribs filiform; vittae (1–)2–4(–5) in each furrow, 2–4(–6) on commissure. Seed face deeply sulcate. Fl. May–Aug, fr. Jul–Sep.

10-30 cm tall. Tap root thick. Stem branched from the base. Leaves 2-3-pinnate; pinnae oval to ovate; ultimate segments filiform to lanceolate. Involucre of 1 or 2 linear bracts or lacking. Rays 5-12. Involucel of 4-6 linear bractlets. Petals white to red. Fruit oblong to ovoid, 3.5-4 mm long, narrowed at the apex, glabrous; styles short; furrows 3-5-vittate; commissure 4-vittate.

Chitral, Himalaya (Kashmir to Bhutan).

Qinghai, W Sichuan, S Xizang, NW Yunnan [Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Kashmir, Nepal, Pakistan, Sikkim].

Distribution: Afghanistan, Himalayas in India and W. Pakistan.

1800-3700 m

Sparse alpine scrub, alpine meadows, grassy slopes, grassy stream banks; 3000–4700 m.

Vicatia coniifolia là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Hoa tán. Loài này được Wall. ex DC. miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1830.

凹乳芹（学名：Vicatia coniifolia）为伞形科凹乳芹属的植物。分布于巴基斯坦、印度、尼泊尔以及中国大陆的四川、云南、西藏等地，生长于海拔3,000米至4,700米的地区，一般生于沟边、草地、山坡和草丛中，目前尚未由人工引种栽培。