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[[File:Ferula assa-foetida (Uzbekistan) 3.jpg|thumb|right|''Ferula narthex'']]
'''Ferula assafoetida''' and related species are known by the trade name ''Asafoetida''. In Ayurveda, the herb has a great significance, that in dealing with intestinal flatulence.
==Uses==
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Bipinnate|Alternate|Leaves alternate, rough, hairy,heart-shaped or 3-7 palmately lobed with serrate margins and linear-oblong or triangular lobes, 4-10cm x 4-9 cm}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Umbel||Yellow|5|regularly distributed from the base to the top of the plant, not pubescent. Rays up to 30. Petals deciduous.}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit||10-12 mm long|furrows 1-(2)-vittate; vittae large, sometimes branched||commissure 4-6-vittate, unequal and variable.|}}
===Other features===
==How to plant/cultivate==
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Cultivated Beds}}, {{Commonly seen|Grassy slope area}}., {{Commonly seen|Himalayas}}, {{Commonly seen|Temperate area}}
==Photo Gallery==
<references>
<ref name="Chemical Composition">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asafoetida"chemistry"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">["morphology"]</ref><ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[httpshttp://pfafwww.efloras.org/user/Plantflorataxon.aspx?LatinNameflora_id=Ferula+narthex5&taxon_id=250063136"Cultivationmorphology"]</ref>
</references>
