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Pimpinella, also called pimpinella or pimpinella, is a plant genus from the Apiaceae family (umbellifers). It combines about 150 species and has its distribution area in Europe.

The pimpinella is a perennial and rarely annual plant with a herbaceous appearance. Their basal leaves are undivided or simply pinnate. The pinnate leaves are toothed and sometimes deeply incised, and the flowers are usually white, red or yellow. The fruit is a round split fruit.

Pimpinellamajor and Pimpinella saxifraga are the parent plants of Radix Pimpinellae, the official beavernell root monographed by Commission E .