Bupleurum bicaule Helm

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Bupleurum

Characteristics

Plants 15–30 cm, perennial. Rootstock, branched, thickened and woody at apex. Stems many, slender, few-branched above, base densely clothed with remnant fibrous sheaths. Leaves all linear, 7–16 × 0.1–0.3 cm, 3–5-nerved, base slightly tapering into a short petiole, apex mucronate. Cauline leaves sessile, slightly clasping. Umbels 1–2 cm across; bracts 1–3, or absent, 1–3 × ca. 1 mm; rays 4–7, 4–15 mm; bracteoles 5, lanceolate, 1–3 × 0.5–0.7 mm, shorter than flowers; umbellules 3–6 mm across, 7–13-flowered; pedicels 0.7–1.3 mm. Petals bright yellow, tip shallowly 2-lobed. Stylopodium low-conic, dark yellow. Fruit broadly ovoid, bluish-brown, 2.5–3 × ca. 2 mm; ribs prominent; vittae 3 in each furrow, 2–4 on commissure, very small, obscure when mature. Fl. and fr. Jul–Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.28
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Environment

Forest margins, gravelly or sunny mountain slopes, dry stony grasslands; at elevations from 600-1,600 metres. Stony and pebbly slopes, open cliffs, rarely steppe meadows and in steppes, mainly in foothill areas.
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Distribution

Bupleurum bicaule world distribution map, present in China, Kazakhstan, Liberia, and Mongolia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:839070-1
WFO ID wfo-0000575109
COL ID NVLW
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Synonyms

Bupleurum bicaule Bupleurum prostratum Bupleurum baldense var. multicaule Bupleurum bicaule var. angustifolium Bupleurum exaltatum var. multicaule Bupleurum falcatum var. bicaule Bupleurum angustifolium Bupleurum falcatum var. verum Bupleurum bicaule var. bicaule

Lower taxons

Bupleurum bicaule subsp. pusillum Bupleurum bicaule var. latifolium