Ferula foetida

{{Short description|Species of plant}}

{{Distinguish|Ferula assa-foetida}}

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| image = Koeh 061-nocaps.jpg

| genus = Ferula

| species = foetida

| authority = (Bunge) Regel

| synonyms = *Ferula scorodosma Bentley & Trimen

• Scorodosma foetidum Bunge

| synonyms_ref = {{Cite web|title=Ferula foetida (Bunge) Regel|url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:842277-1|access-date=2021-05-20|website=Plants of the World Online|publisher=Kew Science}}

| range_map = Ferula distribution map fr.svg

| range_map_caption = F. foetida is distributed in the dark and light green parts.

}}

Ferula foetida is a species of Ferula native to Central Asia (Kyzylkum Desert, Karakum Desert, Turkmenistan), Eastern Iran, western Afghanistan and western Pakistan. It is the most widely distributed species that produces asafoetida.{{Cite journal|last=Chamberlain|first=David F|year=1977|title=The identity of Ferula assa-foetida L.|url=https://archive.org/details/notes-from-royal-botanic-garden-edinburgh-35-002-229-233/mode/2up|journal=Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh|volume=35|issue=2|pages=229–233}} It is often mistaken for the Southern Iranian species F. assa-foetida, for example, in Flora of the U.S.S.R. and Flora of Pakistan.{{Cite book|last=Shishkin|first=B. K.|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95737#page/598/mode/1up|title=Flora of the U.S.S.R.|publisher=Israel Program for Scientific Translations|others=Translated by Lavoott, R. Edited by Lorch, J.|year=1974|isbn=0-7065-1299-5|volume=17|location=Jerusalem|pages=52|orig-year=1951}}{{Cite web|title=Ferula assa-foetida L.|url=http://legacy.tropicos.org/Name/1702726?projectid=32|access-date=2021-05-20|website=Flora of Pakistan|publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden}}

Ferula assa-foetida - Kyzylkum (5).jpg|Plants

Ferula assa-foetida (Uzbekistan) 2.jpg|Basal leaves

Ferula assa-foetida - Kyzylkum (4).jpg|Stem

Ferula assa-foetida - Kyzylkum (3).jpg|Compound inflorescence

Ferula assa-foetida (Uzbekistan) 3.jpg|Umbels