Accession Data
Atractylodes macrocephala
Common Name: Bai Zhu
Family: Asteraceae
Country of Origin: China
Description: Herbs 20-60 cm tall. Rhizome thick. Stem branched from base, glabrous. Leaves papery, glabrous. Middle cauline leaves petiolate; petiole 3-6 cm; leaf blade divided almost to base into 3-5 segments; lateral segments entire or bipartite, oblanceolate to ± narrowly elliptic, 4.5-7 × 1.5-2 cm; terminal segment largest. Upper cauline leaves similar but smaller. Outer bracts sessile, elliptic to narrowly elliptic, margin entire; inner bracts pinnatisect. Capitula 6-10. Involucre broadly campanulate, 3-4 cm in diam. Phyllaries numerous, imbricate, margin white cobwebby, apex obtuse; outer phyllaries ovate to triangular, 6-8 × 3-4 mm; innermost phyllaries lanceolate to broadly linear, 11-20 × 2-3 mm. Corolla purplish red, ca. 1.7 cm. Achene obconic, ca. 7.5 mm, hairs white. Pappus dirty white, ca. 1.7 cm. Fl. and fr. Aug-Oct. 2n = 24*.4
Accession Data
USDA Zone: 5-8
Accession #: 201900047
Accession Date: 2019-05-10 00:00:00
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 2305
Quantity: 1
Source: Richters Herbs 2019 - #S1236-100
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: euasterid II
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
SubFamily: Carduoideae
Tribe: Cardueae
SubTribe: Carlininae
Flowering Data:
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References
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, 10 May, 2019.
- ARS-GRIN Taxonomy. Last accessed on Friday, 10 May, 2019.
- Plants for a Future. Last accessed on Friday, 10 May, 2019.
- Flora of China. Last accessed on Friday, 10 May, 2019.
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