Nature and taste: sweet, slightly astringent, flat and nontoxic.
Perennial herb, 15 ~ 30 cm tall. The roots are multi-branched, and the lower end is thick and spindle-shaped. The stems are upward and outward inclined, with many branches and white curls on the surface. Basal leaves are clustered, with odd pinnate compound leaves and 5-9 leaflets: cauline leaves are small, with trifoliate compound leaves, and terminal leaves are nearly sessile. Leaflets are oblong or rectangular, 2-6 cm long and 0.7-2 cm wide, sharp, wedge-shaped at the base, serrated at the edge, slightly hairy at the top and densely covered with white hair at the bottom; Stipules lanceolate or ovoid, also covered with white wool. Flowers yellow, arranged in cymes; Calyx green, persistent, 5-lobed, lobes ovate-triangular, epicalyx linear, smooth inside, white hair outside; Petals 5, inverted heart-shaped, concave-headed; There are many stamens and pistils, the ovary is oval and flat, the style is lateral, milky white, the stigma is small and lavender. Achenes are ovoid, light yellow and smooth, with slightly thin wing-like protrusions on the umbilicus. The flowering period is from May to August. Fruit-bearing period: August ~ 65438+ 10.
Potentilla discolor
It grows in hills and mountains, roadsides and ridges. It is distributed all over the country.
Alias chicken leg root, chicken leg, Pulsatilla chinensis [Guangxi, Fujian], Phyllanthus altissima, Su Yu ginseng, chicken claw ginseng, Japanese ginseng chicken leg (a herbal medicine for famine relief), Tianou 'er (wild side), lake chicken leg (outline), chicken leg grass, chicken distance grass (square square square) and Wupifuer. Golden thread hanging gourd, duck foot ginseng, fine sand ground (Guangxi traditional Chinese medicine annals), chicken feet (Sichuan traditional Chinese medicine annals), pheasant dam, Lanxi Pulsatilla, Viola yedoensis, Millennium Health (Hunan traditional Chinese medicine annals), azure and white (common Chinese medicine in Nanjing).