Pimpinella candolleana Wight & Arn.

This species has reputed medicinal value in China. The Chinese species Pimpinella bisinuata, P. candolleana, P. coriacea, P. renifolia, P. rockii, P. tibetanica, and P. yunnanensis form part of a species complex with papillose or granular fruits and heteromorphic leaves: basal leaves are simple or ternate (sometimes pinnate with 5 leaflets), compared to the more dissected upper leaves with more leaflets and narrower segments. These, together with similar species in India and SE Asia, are often difficult to distinguish and their species boundaries are unclear. Pimpinella candolleana is generally known from peninsular India, and so the application of this name to Chinese plants is controversial. However, this and other problems with these Chinese taxa cannot be resolved in isolation, and must wait for a broad revision of allied taxa in China, India, Indonesia, and SE Asia.

Plants perennial, 10–100 cm, pubescent throughout. Root cylindrical or fusiform, 5–15 × 0.5–1 cm. Stems 1–2, little-branched. Basal petioles 2–20 cm; bade simple (rarely ternate), cordate-ovate, (1–)3–8 × (1–)2–7 cm, margins coarsely serrate. Cauline leaves few, ternate, 3-lobed or 1-pinnate, rarely entire. Umbels 3–6 cm across; bracts absent or 1–7, linear, 3–8 mm; rays (6–)10–25, 1.5–4 cm, unequal, pubescent or scabrous; bracteoles 1–6, linear, 2.5–4 mm, ca. equal to or longer than pedicels, glabrous; umbellules 9–12 mm across, 10–20-flowered, usually central flowers subsessile and sterile; pedicels 0.5–3.5 mm. Calyx teeth obsolete. Petals white or purplish, obcordate, apex with incurved lobule. Stylopodium conic; styles ca. 2–3 × stylopodium. Fruit cordate-ovoid, ca. 1.5–2 × 1–1.5 mm, surface granulate with dense, short papillae; vittae 2–3 in each furrow, 2–4 on commissure. Seed face plane. Fl. Apr–Aug, fr. Aug–Oct. 2n = 18*.

Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan [S India].

Pinus forest margins, among shrubs, grassy slopes, streamsides; 1300–3500 m.

Pimpinella candolleana là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Hoa tán. Loài này được Wight & Arn. miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1834.

杏叶茴芹（学名：Pimpinella candolleana）是伞形科茴芹属的植物。分布于印度以及中国大陆的四川、云南、广西等地，生长于海拔1,350米至3,500米的地区，多生长在灌丛中、沟边、路旁、草坡上及林下，目前尚未由人工引种栽培。