Plants 10–100 cm. Stem solitary, branched above, branchlets puberulous. Basal leaf blade triangular-ovate, 2–3-ternate; pinnae long-petiolulate, pinnules long-ovate, 3–5-lobed, 1.5–6 × 1.2–4 cm, both surfaces glabrous, occasionally puberulous, abaxially nerves prominent, base cuneate, margins irregular serrate, apex acuminate. Synflorescence much-branched; umbels 3.5–9 cm across; bracts absent or few, linear; rays 6–15, unequal, 0.5–4.5 cm, inner faces pubescent; bracteoles 8–12, ovate-lanceolate, shorter than flowers, rough-puberulous; umbellules 15–20-flowered; calyx teeth obsolete; petals white; styles short. Fruit ovoid, ca. 4 × 3 mm, sparsely pubescent; lateral ribs winged, wings rather thick; vittae 3–5 in each furrow, 6–10 on commissure.

Analgesic, antibacterial, antifungal, antitussive, carminative, expectorant and febrifuge (root)

Plants For A Future
Flora of China

Nodakenetin, nodakenin, decursidin, umbelliferone (roots)

A decoction of dried roots are used in the treatment of colds and headaches, coughing and asthma, tightness in the chest (laboured or difficult breathing).

Jing-Nuan Wu. An Illustrated Chinese Materia Medica. P: 472, Oxford University Press, Inc.2005.