southern cone marigold

southern cone marigold

(Guizhou herbal medicine)

[synonym] yellow chrysanthemum (Guizhou herbal medicine).

[source] it is the whole plant of Dendranthema morifolium.

[plant form] chrysanthemum.

Annual herbs. Stem erect, about 30-60 cm high, usually branched from base. Leaves alternate or opposite, pinnately divided, lobes linear lanceolate, 1-2.5 cm long, margin with sparse teeth, teeth end in soft awn shape, one oil gland at the base of each tooth. Inflorescence solitary, about 3.5 cm in diameter, long peduncle. Involucre oblong, upper margin acutely serrate, glandular punctate. The flowers are yellow and purplish red; the apex of tubular flowers is 5-lobed; stamens are 5-lobed; ovary is inferior, 1-locular, stigma is 2-lobed. Achenes linear, flat, corolla scaly.

It is cultivated in gardens all over the country.

[collection] harvest in summer and autumn.

[nature and taste] Guizhou herbal medicine: "bitter, flat. "

[function indications] Guizhou herbal medicine: "clearing away heat and dampness, relieving cough. It can cure cough and dysentery. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 3-5 yuan; or grind powder.