Pulsatilla chinensis (Bunge) Regel

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Pulsatilla

Characteristics

Plants 15--35 cm tall. Rhizome ca. 0.8--1.5 cm in diam. Leaves 4 or 5, not fully expanded at anthesis; petiole 7--15 cm, densely long pilose; leaf blade broadly ovate, 4.5--14(--24) × 6.5--16(--25) cm, 3-foliolate, abaxially thickly pilose, adaxially glabrous, margin entire or toothed; lateral leaflets unequally 2-lobed, sessile or subsessile; central leaflet petiolulate or sessile, broadly ovate, 3-lobed, central lobe obovate. Scape 1(or 2), 2.5--5.5 cm, to 23 cm in fruit, puberulent; involucral bracts puberulent, basally connate into a 3--10 mm tube, apically palmately 3-lobed, each lobe linear, margin entire or slightly 3-lobed. Sepals violet, erect, oblong-ovate, 2.8--4.4 × 0.9--2 cm, abaxially puberulent. Stamens ca. 1/2 as long as sepals; anthers yellow. Infructescences 9--12 cm in diam. Achenes 3.5--4 mm, flattened, sparsely puberulent. Persistent styles 3.5--6.5 cm. Fl. Mar--May, fr. Jun--Jul.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3
Root system rhizome
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 c3

Environment

Dry grassy places and rocky hillsides. Forest margins and slopes at elevations of 200-3200 metres in China.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 3-9
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Amebiasis (unspecified), Antiphlogistic (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Tumor(Lung) (unspecified), Hematochezia (unspecified), Wound (unspecified), Hemostatic (unspecified), Trauma (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Pulsatilla chinensis unspecified picture

Distribution

Pulsatilla chinensis world distribution map, present in China and Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20005205-1
WFO ID wfo-0000471944
COL ID 4QGT9
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Pulsatilla chinensis Anemone chinensis Pulsatilla kissii Anemone pulsatilla var. chinensis Pulsatilla chinensis var. kissii