Chinese name: White-flowered Ghost Needlewort
Latin name: Herba Bidentis Pilosa
Alternative name: Golden Cup and Silver Marigold, Golden Marigold and Silver Basin, Appendix
Portal: Angiosperms
Organism: Dicotyledons
Sub-organism: Suborganism of the Chrysanthemum
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Asteraceae
Plant morphology
Plant morphology
The plant is called "White-flowered Ghost Needlewort". >Genus: Ghost Needle
Botanical Forms
This paragraph was contributed by China Plant Image Bank (Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences) and has been edited with permission
Botanical Forms
Basic Information
Medicinal Name: White-flowered 鬼针草
汉语拼音：bai hua gui zhen cao
别名：金杯银盏、金盏银盆、盲肠草
拉丁植物动物矿物名：Bidens pilosa L..........radiata Sch.-Bip. [B. pilosa L.??.?.?????????? albiflora Maxim.; B. pilosa L.var .minor (Bl.) Scherff]
Effects: Clearing away heat and removing toxins; inducing dampness and relieving yellows
Latin name: Herba Bidentis Pilosa
Morphological features
White-flowering Ghost Needlewort An erect annual herb, 30-100 cm tall. Stem obtuse 4-angled, glabrous or very sparsely pilose distally. Lower stem leaves smaller, 3-lobed or undivided, usually withered before flowering; middle leaves with 1.5-5cm long wingless stalks, ternate; leaflets often 3-patterned
White-flowered Ghost Needlegrass
Album 6
, rarely pinnately compound with 5(-7) leaflets, both side leaflets elliptic or ovate-elliptic, 2-4.5cm long, 1.5-2.5cm wide The terminal leaflet is more lei, long elliptic or ovate-oblong, 3.5-7cm long, apex acuminate, base attenuate or subrounded, with a stalk 1-2cm long, margin serrate, the upper leaves are small, 3-lobed or undivided, striped lanceolate. Heads of large debated inflorescences with peduncles 1-6 (3-10 when fruiting) cm long; involucral bracts 7-8, striped spatulate, outer stipules lanceolate, inner striped lanceolate; ligule 5-7, ligule elliptic-obovate, white, 5-8 mm long, 3.5-5 mm wide, apex obtuse or notched; disk flowers tubular, ca. 4.5 mm long, limb 5-toothed and lobed. Achenes black, striped, 7-13mm long, apex awned 3-4, 1.5-2.5mm long, with barbed hairs.