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Senega lutea is an annual or biennial herbaceous plant which has a height between 20 and 50 centimetres (7.9 and 19.7 in). [5] [6] Its flowers are orange-yellow and 2 to 3 inches (5.1 to 7.6 cm) long. Its pedicels are 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.1 cm) long. [6] It flowers between April and October. [5]
Yuan zhi is used primarily as an expectorant. [2] It is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine, where it is called yuǎn zhì (Chinese: 遠志) and believed to have neuropsychiatric effects.
The Polygalaceae or the milkwort family are made up of flowering plants in the order Fabales. They have a near-cosmopolitan range, with about 27 genera and ca. 900 known species [2] of herbs, shrubs and trees. Over half of the species are in one genus, Polygala, the milkworts. The family was first described in 1809 by Johann Hoffmansegg and ...
Polygala stellera DC. Senega longicaulis , the longstem milkwort , is a species of flowering plant in the milkwort family ( Polygalaceae ). [ 1 ] It is an annual dicot that is native to the Americas.
Senega poaya is a herbaceous species of plant native to South America. [1] It is a perennial plant, becoming somewhat woody at the base. It grows to a clump of stems 8–50 cm tall. [2] The root is sometimes used for local medicinal use. It is also an active emetic. [3]
Senega mariana, the Maryland milkwort, is a species of flowering plant in the milkwort family (Polygalaceae). [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is endemic to the southern and eastern United States. [ 3 ] It is an annual with a height between 4 and 16 inches (10 and 41 cm) and it flowers between June and October.
Senega ambigua is a species of flowering plant in the milkwort family (Polygalaceae). It was first described in 1818 and is native to the United States and Japan. It was first described in 1818 and is native to the United States and Japan.
Polygala graminifolia Poir. Senega cymosa , the tall pinebarren milkwort , [ 1 ] is a species of flowering plant in the family Polygalaceae . [ 2 ] It is endemic to the United States .