| Family | APIACEAE |
| Genus species | Hymenolaena candollei DC. |
| Bibliography | Prodr. 4: 245 (1830) |
| Native Range | e. Afghanistan to w. Himalaya |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 3000-5000m |
| Description | taproot, leaves petiolate, pinnate, ultimate segments opposite, ovate, base of leaves vaginate, involucral bracts similar to leaves or absent, rays 5-15 |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | white, pale rose |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible |
| Synonyms | Hymenolaena latifolia Lindl. Ligusticum candollei Wall. Pleurospermum candollei (DC.) C.B.Clarke |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |