Arnebia guttata Bunge

Species

Angiosperms > Boraginales > Boraginaceae > Arnebia

Characteristics

Herbs perennial or sometimes biennial. Roots containing purple dye. Stems usually 2-4, sometimes only 1, erect, much branched, 10-25 cm tall, densely spreading long hispid, short strigose. Leaves sessile, spatulate-linear to linear, 1.5-5.5 cm × 3-11 mm, densely hirsute, hairs discoid at base, apex obtuse. Inflorescences crowded; cymes 3-10 cm; bracts linear-lanceolate. Flowers heterostylous. Calyx lobes linear, 6-10 mm, to 1.5 cm in fruit, long hispid. Corolla yellow, tubular-campanulate, pubescent outside; limb 7-12 mm wide; lobes spreading, broadly ovate or semiorbicular, frequently purple spotted. Anthers oblong, ca. 1.8 mm. Style filiform, apex 2-lobed; stigma reniform. Nutlets light yellow-brown, triangular-ovate, 2.5-3 mm, tuberculate. Fl. and fr. Jun-Oct.
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A herb.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.23
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Environment

It is a temperate plant. In the Himalayas it grows between 3,500-4,500 m above sea level.
Light 4-6
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 3-4
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Usage

The root is used as a food colouring.
Uses material medicinal
Edible roots
Therapeutic use Cough (root), Cardiovascular agents (unspecified), Effects on central nervous system (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Arnebia guttata world distribution map, present in China and Pakistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:113462-1
WFO ID wfo-0000549482
COL ID 67SS9
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Lithospermum guttatum Arnebia guttata Arnebia thomsonii Arnebia tibetana Macrotomia guttata Arnebia guttata var. thomsonii

Lower taxons

Arnebia guttata subsp. griffithii