Bupleurum thianschanicum Freyn

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Bupleurum

Characteristics

Plants 50–80 cm, perennial. Root fibrous or somewhat fleshy. Stems several, sometimes tinged purple, short-branched above, base without remnant sheaths. Basal leaves linear to narrowly lanceolate, 9–18 × 0.2–0.4 cm, 5–7-nerved, thick-papery, margin narrowly membranous, base tapering into petiole and clasping, apex acuminate. Cauline leaves linear-lanceolate, 6–10 × 0.4–0.6 cm, almost clasping. Apical leaves small. Umbels 2–4 cm across; bracts 2–3, lanceolate, 5–15 × 3–4 mm, unequal, deciduous; rays (3–)5–7(–15), 2–4 cm, unequal; bracteoles 7–9, ovate-lanceolate, 4–7 × 1.5–2 mm, equal, slightly exceeding umbellules in flower, equaling or slightly shorter than umbellules in fruit; umbellules 8–13 mm across, 15–30-flowered, capitate in fruit; pedicels 1.5–2.5 mm. Petals yellow or brownish-yellow. Stylopodium low-conic, brownish-yellow. Fruit oblong, dark brown, 3–4 × ca. 2 mm; ribs pale brown, prominent; vittae 1 in each furrow, 2 on commissure. Fl. and fr. Jul–Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.58 - 0.73
Root system fibrous-root
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Environment

Grassy slopes, stony places; at elevations from 1,700-2,000 metres. Stony and aleurite slopes, subalpine and forest belts, usually in steppe (sheep's fescue) formations.
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Bupleurum thianschanicum world distribution map, present in China, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:839436-1
WFO ID wfo-0000575903
COL ID NVXG
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Synonyms

Bupleurum thianschanicum Bupleurum falcatum f. thianschanicum