Morphological information

Monocarpic herb 7-40 c from one (rarely several fasciculate) long fleshy tap-roots; stems solitary, hollow, club-shaped, 1.5-5 cm broad at apex, thickly covered above by long whitish or tawny wool borne on stem itself and basal part of leaves, with single opening to exterior at apex. Cauline leaves linear, oblanceolate, 7-16 X 0.3-3 cm acuminate, sessile, remotely denticulate to deeply pinnatifid with small acuminate, entire or dentate segments rarely extending beyond halfway to midrib, glabrous in upper half, wooly on both surfaces in lower half; uppermost leaves linear, entire extending 2-6 cm above capitula, wooly throughout. Capitula numerous (rarely few), densely crowded at stem apex. Involucre 5-6.5 mm diameter; phyllaries chartaceous below with softer, acute dark violet, short pubescent tips, mostly oblong, 7-10.5 mm, outer most ovate or triangular shorter. Receptacle setose, bristles 1-2 mm. Corollas 12-13 mm including lobes 2 mm. Achenes blackish, 4.5-5 mm, glabrous; pappus double, inner 10-13 mm outer scabrid, 3-5 mm, caduceus.

Flowering                    :

Fruiting                       :

History                       :

Parts                          : Whole plant.

Status                       : Endangered

Phytochemistry

The plant consist of Umbilliferon, its 7-0 glicoside, scopoletin, β-sitosterol, apigenine and its 7-0 glucoside, (Zhiwu xuebau 1989), quercetin, chryssoeriol- 7-0- β- D- glucoside, apiginin,ergoston-3,24-diol and 2-hydroxylappaol B from aerial parts (Gaudeng xiexiao huaxue Xuebau 1991). In addition tritnacontane, 1-tetracontene,dotriatonoic acid,Beta-sitosterol,stigmast- 7-en- 3-01, Beta.

 

Medicinal

The plant is used gynecological disorders, menstrual disorder, and hysteria.

 

---

Reference