Codonopsis meleagris Diels

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Campanulaceae > Codonopsis

Characteristics

Roots carrot-shaped, 13-20 × 0.5-1.5 cm. Stems erect, simple or with elongate branches in lower part, 40-90 cm, sparsely hairy, eventually glabrescent. Leaves on main stems alternate, those on branches opposite, sessile or with short petiole less than 1 cm; blade abaxially gray-green, adaxially green, ovate, elliptic, or lanceolate, 4-8.5 × 1.5-3.5 cm, abaxially densely hirsute, adaxially glabrous or sparsely hispidulous, base cuneate or attenuate, margin crenate, apex obtuse or rounded. Flowers terminal or axillary, long pedicellate. Calyx tube adnate to ovary up to top, semiglobose, 10-ribbed, glabrous or sparsely scaberulose; lobes ovate or ovate-triangular, 8-12 × 4-6 mm, glabrous, margins entire or sparsely serrulate, apex acute or obtuse. Corolla yellowish green with red-purple veins, or red-purple with yellowish green spots, broadly campanulate, 2.2-3(-4) × 2.4-3(-4) cm, both sides glabrous; lobes deltoid, ca. 1/2 as long as tube, often sparsely villous at apex. Stamens glabrous; filaments slightly dilated at base, ca. 7 mm; anthers ca. 5 mm. Capsules semiglobose below, conical above, ca. 10 × 8 mm. Seeds numerous, brown-yellow, ovoid, wingless. Fl. and fr. Jul-Oct.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.3
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-4

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 7 - 42
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -35
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Codonopsis meleagris world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:141818-1
WFO ID wfo-0000830560
COL ID WPWW
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Codonopsis meleagris