Anemarrhena asphodeloides

Common name: Zhi Mu

Family: Asparagaceae

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Country of Origin: Mongolia to China

Description: Rhizome to 10 × 0.5--1.7 cm. Leaves 10--60 × 0.15--1 cm, glabrous, margin scabrid. Scape (20--)35--100 cm, glabrous. Raceme 10--50 cm; bracts ovate or ovate-orbicular, apex often long acuminate. Perianth segments pink, pale purple, or white, linear or narrowly oblong, 5--10 × 1--1.5 mm, persistent in fruit. Ovary ovoid, ca. 1.5 × 1 mm. Style ca. 1 mm. Capsule 0.8--1.5 × 0.3--0.6 cm including beaked apex, prominently 6-angled. Seeds black, narrowly oblong-elliptic, slightly curved, 7--12 × 2.5--3 mm. Fl. and fr. Jun--Sep.⁶

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USDA Zone: 2-7

Source: Richters Herbs 2019 - #S7150

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Classification:

• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Class: Liliopsida
• SubClass: monocots
• Order: Asparagales
• SubOrder:
• Family: Asparagaceae
• SubFamily: Agavoideae
• Tribe: Anemarrheneae
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References:

1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, 08 May, 2019.
2. WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Wednesday, 08 May, 2019.
3. WikiSpecies. Last accessed on Wednesday, 08 May, 2019.
4. ARS-GRIN Taxonomy. Last accessed on Wednesday, 08 May, 2019.
5. Plants for a Future. Last accessed on Wednesday, 08 May, 2019.
6. Flora of China. Last accessed on Wednesday, 08 May, 2019.
7. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website at MoBot. Last accessed on Tuesday, 03 December, 2019.

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