Pimpinella purpurea (Franch.) H. Boiss.

Plants perennial, 30–80 cm, glabrous (pubescent only along abaxial leaf veins and at base of umbels and umbellules). Root cylindrical, 5–20 × 0.5–1 cm. Stem 1–2-branched. Basal petioles 3–25 cm; blade triangular-ovate in outline, 2-ternate, or 1–2-pinnate; pinnae 2–3 pairs; ultimate segments ovate or oblong-ovate, 1–5 × 0.5–3.5 cm, margins serrate or incised. Cauline leaves similar to basal, 1-pinnate or 3-lobed, lobes lanceolate. Umbels 3–6 cm across; bracts 1–2, linear or like uppermost leaf, 8–15 mm, or absent; rays 10–17, 2–6.5 cm, unequal, pubescent; bracteoles 2–3, linear, 3–6 mm, ca. equal to pedicels; umbellules 9–11 mm across, 10–20-flowered; pedicels 1.5–3.5 mm, unequal. Calyx teeth conspicuous, linear-lanceolate, 0.3–0.8 mm, unequal. Petals purple, oblong-ovate or broad-ovate, base shortly clawed, apex mucronate, without incurved lobule. Stylopodium short conic, or flat; styles 0.5–1.5 × stylopodium, spreading. Fruit ovoid, ca. 1.7 × 1.1 mm, base cordate, surface glabrous; vittae 3 in each furrow, 4 on commissure. Seed face slightly concave. Fl. Jul–Aug, fr. Sep–Oct.

NW Yunnan [N Myanmar].

Forests, among shrubs, grasslands, alpine meadows; 3000–3800 m.

Pimpinella purpurea là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Hoa tán. Loài này được (Franch.) H. Boissieu miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1906.

紫瓣茴芹（学名：Pimpinella purpurea）为伞形科茴芹属的植物，是中国的特有植物。分布于中国大陆的云南等地，生长于海拔3,000米至3,800米的地区，一般生长在高山草甸、灌丛中以及林下，目前尚未由人工引种栽培。