How to identify rehmannia glutinosa

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1. Appearance

2. Leaves

3. Flowers

4. Fruit

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Appearance: About 10-30 cm tall, covered with gray-white glandular hairs and villous hairs. Leaves: oval to oblong, green above, a little purple or purple below, with serrations or teeth on the edges. Flowers: Racemes, yellow-purple inside and purple-red outside. Fruit: Capsule, ovate to long-ovate.

1. Appearance

1. Appearance

Rehmannia glutinosa is a perennial herb, about 10-30 cm tall, covered with gray-white glandular hairs and villous hairs. The rhizome is fleshy, yellow when fresh, and the stem is purple-red. .

2. Leaves

Rehmannia glutinosa The leaves are usually rosette-shaped at the base of the stem, narrowing strongly upward into bracts, or gradually shrinking and becoming alternate on the stem. The overall leaves are ovate to oblong. The color is green above, a little purple or purple below, and has jagged edges or teeth.

3. Flowers

Dihuanghua They will be arranged in racemes at the top of the stem, or solitary in the leaf axils and spread to the stem. The apex is slightly concave or blunt. The inner color is yellow-purple, the outer color is purple-red, and there are villous hairs on both sides.

4. Fruits

Rehmannia glutinosa is Capsule, ovate to long-ovate, about 1-1.5 cm long.

2. Leaves

3. Flowers

4. Fruit

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