Bupleurum angustissimum (Franch.) Kitag.

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Bupleurum

Characteristics

Plants 15–80 cm, perennial. Taproot long, slender, woody, reddish-brown. Stem slender, dichotomous-branched throughout, base clothed with fibrous remnant sheaths. Lower leaves sessile, linear, 6–18 × 0.8–1 cm, thick, rigid, 3–5-nerved, margins narrowly reflexed, apex and base tapering. Apical leaves short. Umbels numerous, 1.5–2 cm across, bracts 1 or absent, subulate, 0.5–2 × 0.2–0.5 mm, unequal; rays 5–7, 1.5–3 cm, unequal; bracteoles 5, linear-lanceolate, 1.2–2.5 × 0.5–0.7 mm, longer than pedicels in fruit; umbellules ca. 5 mm across, 12–16-flowered; pedicels ca. 0.8 mm. Petals yellow, midvein dark. Stylopodium low-conic, dark yellow. Fruit ellipsoid, ca. 2 × 1 mm; ribs prominent; vittae not recorded. Fl. Jun–Jul, fr. Aug–Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.63
Root system tap-root
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Environment

Dry grasslands; at elevations from 1,600-2,000 metres.
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Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Bupleurum angustissimum world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:839039-1
WFO ID wfo-0000575046
COL ID NVKY
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Synonyms

Bupleurum falcatum f. angustissimum Bupleurum falcatum var. angustissimum Bupleurum scorzonerifolium var. angustissimum Bupleurum scorzonerifolium subsp. angustissimum Bupleurum angustissimum