Atractylodes lancea Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Atractylodes

Characteristics

Herbs (15-)30-100 cm tall. Rhizome thick, horizontal or ascending. Stems solitary or tufted, unbranched or apically few branched, ± glabrous. Leaves ± rigidly papery, green, concolorous, glabrous or abaxially sparsely cobwebby. Basal leaves withered at anthesis. Lower and middle cauline leaves petiolate but lower ones sometimes subsessile; petiole 0.5-8 cm; leaf blade 8-12 × 5-8 cm, undivided or divided almost to base into 3-5(-9) pinnately arranged segments; segments undivided or sometimes near base with few small spiny lobes, ± narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate or obovate, 3-9 × 2-6 cm, base cuneate, apex shortly acuminate to rounded. Upper cauline leaves similar but smaller. Outer bracts few, leaflike; inner bracts numerous, homomorphic, reduced to pectinately arranged pinnate spines, exceeding but not completely hiding involucre. Involucre campanulate, 1-1.5 cm in diam. Phyllaries numerous, imbricate, margin cobwebby, apex rounded to obtuse; outer phyllaries ovate, 3-6 × 1-3 mm; middle phyllaries gradually longer; innermost phyllaries elliptic to linear, 11-12 × 2-4 mm. Corolla white or yellowish, 0.9-1.2 cm. Achene obovoid, ca. 5 mm, hairs white. Pappus brown to dirty white, 7-9 mm. Fl. and fr. Jun-Oct.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system rhizome
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Environment

Grassland, forests, thickets and rock crevices; at elevations from 700-2,500 metres. Hills and mountains of central and southern Japan.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses food material medicinal
Edible leaves roots
Therapeutic use Abdomen (unspecified), Cancer(Breast) (unspecified), Cancer(Cervix) (unspecified), Cancer(Stomach) (unspecified), Carminative (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Dyspepsia (unspecified), Edema (unspecified), Enteritis (unspecified), Gastritis (unspecified), Nausea (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Spleen (unspecified), Sweating (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Chest (unspecified), Chill (unspecified), Congestion (unspecified), Leukemia (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Arthritis (unspecified), Catarrh (unspecified), Dropsy (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Longevity (unspecified), Stomachic (unspecified), Virility (unspecified), Stimulant (unspecified), Apoplexy (unspecified), Balsamic (unspecified), Diaphoretic (unspecified), Eczema (unspecified), Nyctalopia (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

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Distribution

Atractylodes lancea world distribution map, present in China, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:182976-1
WFO ID wfo-0000129793
COL ID JK7Q
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Acarna chinensis Atractylis lancea f. lancea Atractylodes chinensis f. quinqueloba Atractylis ovata f. lyratifolia Atractylis lyrata f. lyrata Giraldia stapfii Atractylis japonica Atractylis lancea Atractylodes lyrata Atractylis chinensis Atractylodes erosodentata Atractylis pinnatifolia Atractylodes ovata Atractylis separata Atractylodes chinensis Atractylodes japonica Atractylodes chinensis f. simplicifolia Atractylis chinensis f. simplicifolia Atractylis lyrata Atractylodes chinensis f. chinensis Atractylis ovata f. ovata Atractylodes ovata f. ovata Atractylis chinensis f. chinensis Atractylis ovata Atractylis lyrata Atractylis lancea f. lyrata Atractylis ovata f. ternata Atractylodes ovata var. tenera Atractylis ovata var. pinnatifolia Atractylis chinensis var. chinensis Atractylodes ovata var. ovata Atractylis ovata var. ovata Atractylodes lyrata var. lyrata Atractylodes chinensis var. chinensis Atractylodes lancea var. lancea Atractylis lancea var. lancea Atractylodes japonica var. japonica Atractylis lyrata var. lyrata Atractylodes lancea subsp. lancea Atractylodes lancea var. simplicifolia Atractylis chinensis var. liaotungensis Atractylodes lyrata var. ternata Atractylodes chinensis var. simplicifolia Atractylis ovata var. ternata Atractylis chinensis var. loeseneri Atractylis ovata var. simplicifolia Atractylodes lancea var. chinensis Atractylis chinensis var. quiqueloba Atractylis chinensis var. simplicifolia Atractylodes japonica var. coriacea Atractylis ovata f. amurensis Atractylis ovata f. pinnatifolia Atractylis lyrata f. ternata Atractylis ovata f. simplicifolia Atractylis chinensis f. stapfii Atractylis lyrata var. ternata Atractylodes chinensis var. liaotungensis Atractylodes ovata var. ternata Atractylodes lancea Atractylodes lancea subsp. luotianensis Atractylis chinensis f. erossodentata