Ligusticum pteridophyllum Franch. ex Oliv.

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Ligusticum

Characteristics

Plants 30–80 cm, glabrous. Rootstock swollen at nodes, small globose, internodes slender. Stem erect, striate and hollowed. Basal and lower petioles 15–20 cm; blade ovate, 15–20 × 10–15 cm, ternate-2–3-pinnate, primary pinnae 5–7 pairs, remote; ultimate segments obovate or flabelliform, ca. 10 × 5 mm, acute at apex, margins crenate. Upper leaves reduced. Umbels terminal and lateral, 5–7 cm across; bracts 8–10, linear; rays 13–20, subequal, 2–3 cm; bracteoles 6–10(–12), linear. Calyx teeth obsolete. Petals white or purplish tinged, base cuneate. Fruit oblong, ca. 5 × 3 mm, dorsal and intermediate ribs prominent, lateral ribs narrowly winged; vittae 3 in each furrow, 4–6 on commissure. Seed face plane. Fl. Aug–Sep, fr. Sep–Oct. 2n = 44*.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.8
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Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Ligusticum pteridophyllum world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:844584-1
WFO ID wfo-0001069207
COL ID 6Q8ZS
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Synonyms

Ligusticum pteridophyllum