《中国植物志》|| 伞形科 UMBELLIFERAE ||茴芹属 Pimpinella L. ||茴芹 Pimpinella anisum L.

3. 茴芹（拉汉种子植物名称）
Pimpinella anisum L. Sp. Pl. 264. 1753; Wolff in Engl. Pflanzenr. 90 (IV. 228): 232. 1927; Mathias et Constance in North Amer. Fl. 288: 133. 1944; Tutin et Heywood in Fl. Europ. 2: 331. 1968.——Anisum vulgare Gaerth. Fruct. 1: 102. 1788; Schischk. in Komarov, Fl. URSS 16: 455. 1950.
一年生草本，高10-80厘米，被柔毛，茎圆柱形，有细条纹，上部分枝。基生叶有柄，叶片为单叶不分裂或3裂，末回裂片肾形，边缘有缺刻状齿；茎上部叶羽状分裂或3裂，末回裂片线状披针形。复伞形花序顶生或腋生，无总苞片或仅1片；伞辐7-20，不等长，最长达4厘米，被微柔毛；小总苞片少数，线形，不等长；无萼齿；花柱基短圆锥形；花瓣白色，长圆形。果实卵状长圆形，长3-5毫米，宽2-2.5毫米，被微柔毛；心皮柄2裂至中部；每棱槽内油管2-4, 合生面油管4-8；胚乳腹面微凹。花期5-6月，果期6-7月。
原产埃及。我国新疆乌鲁木齐、吐鲁番、伊犁及南疆部分地区有栽培。欧洲、北美也有栽培。模式标本产于埃及。
未见标本，仅根据文献描述。

《Flora of China》|| Apiaceae || Pimpinella ||茴芹 Pimpinella anisum

1. Pimpinella anisum Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 264. 1753.

茴芹 hui qin

Anisum vulgare Gaertner; Apium anisum (Linnaeus) Crantz; Carum anisum (Linnaeus) Baillon; Selinum anisum (Linnaeus) E. H. L. Krause; Sison anisum (Linnaeus) Sprengel; Tragium anisum (Linnaeus) Link.

Plants annual, 10–50 cm, sparsely shortly pubescent throughout, strongly aromatic. Taproot slender. Stem much-branched. Leaves heteromorphic. Basal leaves simple; petioles 2–5 cm; blade reniform or broad-ovate, 1–3 × 1.2–2.8 cm, puberulent along veins, margin serrate. Cauline leaves 1–2-pinnate; ultimate segments ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 6–17 × 2–7 mm, 3-lobed margin serrate or lacerate. Leaves reduced upwards, becoming 3-lobed; lobes lanceolate or linear-lanceolate. Umbels 1.5–6 cm across; bracts 1(or 2) or absent, linear-lanceolate, 1–2 mm; rays 7–15, 1–4 cm, unequal; bracteoles 1(or 2) or absent, linear, 2–3 mm; umbellules 5–10 mm across, ca. 10-flowered; pedicels 2–6 mm, extending to 10 mm in fruit. Calyx teeth obsolete. Petals white, obcordate, abaxially pubescent, apex with incurved lobule. Stylopodium conic; styles ca. 3 × stylopodium, ca. 0.5 × fruit, spreading or reflexed. Fruit oblong-ovoid, 3–5 × 2–2.5 mm, densely appressed setose-hairy; vittae 2–4 in each furrow, 4–8 on commissure, nearly forming a continuous ring around seed. Seed face plane. Fl. Jun–Jul, fr. Aug–Sep. 2n = 20.

Cultivated. Xinjiang [possibly native to SW Asia, but now known only in cultivation].

This species is widely cultivated in mild-temperate regions (especially C and SW Asia and C and S Europe) for its aromatic fruit (anise), which is used in perfume and to flavor alcoholic drinks and confectionary. The species has reputed medicinal value in China.