Ferula foetida

Not to be confused with Ferula assa-foetida.

Ferula foetida is a species of Ferula native to Central Asia (Kyzylkum Desert, Karakum Desert, Turkmenistan), Eastern Iran, western Afghanistan and western Pakistan.^[2] It is the most widely distributed species that produces asafoetida.^[2] It is often mistaken for the Southern Iranian species F. assa-foetida,^[2] for example, in Flora of the U.S.S.R. and Flora of Pakistan.^[3][4]

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Ferula foetida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Apiales
Family:	Apiaceae
Genus:	Ferula
Species:	F. foetida
Binomial name
Ferula foetida (Bunge) Regel
Synonyms[1]
Ferula scorodosma Bentley & Trimen Scorodosma foetidum Bunge