How to identify Jian Chunluo

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1. Leaves

2. Flowers

3. Rhizome

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Leaves: The leaves of Shen Chunluo are elliptical to lanceolate or ovate-oblique-lanceolate, with an acuminate top, a wedge-shaped base, and hairless surfaces on both sides. Flowers: bifid cymes, the diameter of the flowers is 4-5 cm, the petals are orange-red in color and narrowly wedge-shaped. The flowering period is from June to July every year. Rhizome: The root is thin cylindrical, yellowish white. Stems are solitary and erect.

1. Leaves

1. Leaves

The leaves of Prunella japonica are oval to lanceolate or egg-shaped, about 8-15 cm long, 2-5 cm wide, with a tip Acuminate, wedge-shaped at the base, both surfaces hairless, but the edges are usually ciliate.

2. Flowers

Spring cutting Luo is an inflorescence of dichocymes, the diameter of the flower is 4-5 cm, and the pedicel is very short. The bracts are lanceolate, the calyx is tubular, and the calyx teeth are lanceolate. Its petals are orange-red and narrowly wedge-shaped. The flowering period is from June to July every year.

3. Roots

Spring pruning It is a perennial herb, about 50-90 cm tall. The roots are thin cylindrical, yellow-white, and clustered. The stems are all solitary and upright.

2. Flowers

3. Rhizome

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