Nothosmyrnium japonicum Miq.

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Nothosmyrnium

Characteristics

Plants 50–100 cm. Taproot stout, bearing branched, fascicled-fibrous roots. Basal leaves petiolate; blade triangular-ovate or oblong-ovate, 10–20 × 8–15 cm, 1–2-pinnate or ternate-1–2-pinnate; primary pinnae 6 pairs; ultimate segments oblong-ovate, ovate or broadly ovate, 2–8 × 2–4 cm, abaxially pubescent, base cuneate, margins serrate or incised, apex acuminate. Umbels 6–12 cm across; peduncles 5–17 cm; bracts 3–4, conspicuous, yellowish, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 15–35 × 4–7 mm, often reflexed, apex cuspidate; rays 7–15, 2–5 cm, unequal, spreading-ascending; bracteoles 2–5, conspicuous, yellowish, ovate or broadly ovate, 7–10 × 3–5 mm, equal to or slightly longer than flowers, enclosing umbellules in flower, then reflexed, apex cuspidate; pedicels 5–10 mm, unequal. Petals glabrous. Fruit 2.5–3 × 1.5–2 mm, glabrous; vittae 3–6 in each furrow, 4–8 on commissure. Fl. and fr. Aug–Oct.
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A herb. It grows 50-100 cm tall. The taproot is stout. The leaves at the base have leaf stalks. The leaves are oval or triangle shaped and 10-20 cm long by 8-15 cm wide. They are divided into 1 or 2 sets of leaflets. The last segments are 2-8 cm long by 2-4 cm wide. The flowers are in groups 6-12 cm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Root system fibrous-root tap-root
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Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in grasslands and on the edges of forests between 500-2,900 m above sea level. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

The leaves are boiled then eaten with oil and salt.
Uses medicinal oil
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Abdomen (unspecified), Headache (unspecified), Alterative (unspecified), Analgesic (unspecified), Anodyne (unspecified), Arthritis (unspecified), Calculus (unspecified), Cosmetic (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Hernia (unspecified), Ringworm (unspecified), Sedative (unspecified), Spasm (unspecified), Deobstruent (unspecified), Skin (unspecified), Antispasmodic (unspecified), Resolvent (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Stimulant (unspecified), Fungicide (unspecified)
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Distribution

Nothosmyrnium japonicum world distribution map, present in China and Japan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:845193-1
WFO ID wfo-0001069212
COL ID 6SC4M
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Synonyms

Nothosmyrnium japonicum Macrochlaena glaucocarpa Nothosmyrnium japonicum var. japonicum