Muxianghua is a small climbing shrub, 6 meters high; Branchlets cylindrical, glabrous, with short spines; The thorns on the old branches are big and hard, and sometimes the branches are spineless after cultivation.
There are 3-5 leaflets, 7 sparse leaflets, and the petiole is 4-6 cm long. Leaflets elliptic-ovate or oblong-lanceolate, 2-5 cm long and 8- 18 mm wide. The apex is acute or slightly blunt, the base is nearly round or broadly wedge-shaped, the edge has fine serrations, the upper part is hairless, dark green, the lower part is light green, the midvein is prominent, and it is pilose along the vein. Petiole and leaf axis have sparse hairy and scattered thorns; Stipules linear-lanceolate, membranous, free and caducous
Flowers are small, mostly umbels, with a flower diameter of 1.5-2.5 cm. Pedicel 2-3 cm long, glabrous. Sepals ovate, apex long and tapering, entire, calyx tube and sepals glabrous outside, white pilose inside. Petals double to semi-double, white, obovate, rounded at the apex and cuneate at the base. Carpels are numerous, styles are free, densely pilose, much shorter than stamens.
Distribution range of Radix Aucklandiae:
Aucklandia is distributed in Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet and other places in Chinese mainland, and mostly grows on alpine grasslands and shrubs. It is a wild plant, which has not been artificially introduced and cultivated. The rhizomes of these two plants are both important Chinese herbal medicines. It is a traditional flower in our country, which can be climbed on the scaffolding in the garden, and can also be used as a vertical greening material to climb on the wall or flower fence.