Ferula bungeana Kitag.

This species has reputed medicinal value.

Plants 30–60 cm. Stems slender, 2–3 × corymbose-branched, lower branches alternate, upper branches opposite or verticillate. Basal leaves rosetted; blade broadly ovate or triangular, 2–3-pinnatisect; ultimate segments glaucous-blue, long-elliptic or ovate, 1–3 × 1–2 mm, pinnatifid, lobules cuneate-obovate, apex 3-triangular-toothed, sub-leathery, rigid, densely pubescent, base cuneate, apex mucronate. Cauline leaves few, uppermost leaves bladeless, petioles wholly sheathing. Umbels 4–12(–25) cm across; bracts absent or 1–2, subulate; rays 4–15, unequal, spreading; bracteoles 3–5, linear-lanceolate, unequal; umbellules 5–12-flowered. Stylopodium low-conic, base dilated. Fruit broadly ellipsoid, 10–15 × 4–6 mm; lateral ribs narrowly winged; vittae 1 in each furrow, 2 on commissure. Fl. and fr. May–Jul.

Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi.

Gravelly slopes, sandy places; 200–2500 m.

Ferula bungeana là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Hoa tán. Loài này được Kitag. mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1956.

硬阿魏（学名：Ferula bungeana）为伞形科阿魏属的植物。分布于蒙古以及中国大陆的甘肃、吉林、内蒙古、陕西、宁夏、辽宁、黑龙江、河南、山西、河北等地，生长于海拔700米至2,400米的地区，一般生长在路边以、戈壁滩冲沟、旱田、沙丘、沙地和砾石质山坡上，目前尚未由人工引种栽培。