Thapsia gummifera (syn.

Margotia gummifera) is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native to the western Mediterranean; Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia.

[1] It has been proposed as a candidate for the plant known in antiquity as silphium and gone extinct in Libya in the 5th century.

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