a foul-smelling root

About the shape and size of a carrot, this pale rhizome, with crinkled flesh also bears numerous tiny rootlets. But what is most distinctive about it is its strong smell, which could easily earn it a name such as phew plant.

It is a foul-smelling root.
It weighs a few ounces.

You identify a foul-smelling root.
It is a plant.
It weighs four ounces, and it is worth about twelve celeb.
Its keywords are root and valerian.