Pimpinella adscendens Dalzell

pim-pi-NEL-uh -- from a word meaning bi-pinnate ... Dave's Botanary
ad-SEN-denz -- ascending (rising upwards), referring to the flowering branchlets erect habit ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: pine pimpinel • Marathi: गाजरी gaajri

known for: rhizome, leaves

botanical names: Pimpinella adscendens Dalzell ... heterotypic synonyms: Pimpinella pinetorum Merr. ... POWO, retrieved 26 June 2026

Bibliography / etymology / notes

Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of India mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about "where" could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken sensu amplo.

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~

written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

pine pimpinel

• Flowers of India ... (accessed: June 26, 2026)
• The name "Pine Pimpinel" for a tropical herb hailing from the northern Western Ghats — where wild pine trees simply do not exist, amounts to a fascinating botanical paradox. Long after Dalzell described Pimpinella adscendens in 1850, American botanist Elmer Drew Merrill encountered the exact same species in 1926, thousands of miles away in the high-altitude mountains of Luzon, Philippines. There, the trailing herb carpeted the floors of native, subtropical pine forests. Believing it to be an undiscovered species, Merrill named it Pimpinella pinetorum — literally translating to "Pimpinella of the pine woods." ... compiled from the web.
• Capitalizing on this historical synonym, Tabish Qureshi of the famed digital botanical database "Flowers of India", later coined the catchy English common name "Pine Pimpinel". The name has stuck remarkably well, beautifully preserving the plant's unique, cross-oceanic history.

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka

गाजरी gaajri

• G. N. Badave, M. J. Kothari - Ethnobotanical Studies on Koyna Valley, Maharashtra - Botanical Survey of India ... (accessed: June 26, 2026)
• or गाजरा gaajra ... Rahul Patil, V. D. Suryawanshi - Working Plan Pune Forest Division - Maharashtra Forest Department ... (accessed: June 26, 2026)

~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~

**Goa, *Karnataka, **Kerala, Maharashtra; not endemic to India; known to be distributed globally in the Philippines.

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2026): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 26.05; last update May 20th, 2026. Last accessed 26/06/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy).

* no given name / no name found / shared vernacular names in the regional language(s) of the state
** distribution doubtful

~~~~~ Created on: 13:44 26-06-2026 ¦ Last updated: 18:42 26-06-2026 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

Apiaceae perennial herb "Pimpinella adscendens" "Pimpinella pinetorum" "pine pimpinel"