Afrosciadium kerstenii, synonym Peucedanum kerstenii, is a member of the carrot family, Apiaceae.

It is native to east tropical Africa (Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaïre).

[1] It grows among the giant groundsels (Dendrosenecio) atop of the mountains of east Africa: Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Kenya, Rwenzori Mountains and the Virunga Volcanoes.

[2][3][4] Afrosciadium kerstenii is a shrublike[3] "large hardy perennial" [4] umbel that grows to be 2 meters (6 – 7 feet) tall and found on the Ruwenzori Range in woodlands at altitudes of 3,500 - 4,200 meters (11,000 - 14,000 feet),[3] and on the slopes of all the larger mountains mixed with Hagenia abyssinica.

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