Panax notoginseng is a perennial erect herb of Panax in Araliaceae, and its height can reach 60 cm. The taproot is fleshy and spindle-shaped. The stem is dark green, with compound leaves and whorls at the top. The petiole is striped, the leaf blade is membranous, and the umbel is solitary at the top of the flowering stem.
The total pedicel has stripes, and most bracts are clustered at the base of the pedicel, which are ovate-lanceolate Pedicels are slender, with many bracteoles, small flowers and yellow-green; Calyx cup-shaped, slightly flat, filaments as long as petals; The ovary is inferior, the fruit is oblate and kidney-shaped, the seed is white, triangular and oval, it blooms in July-August, and bears fruit in August-65438+1October.
Morphological characteristics:
Erect perennial herbs, 20-60 cm tall. The taproot is fleshy, 1 to many, spindle-shaped. The stem is dark green, purple to the tip, smooth and hairless, with thick longitudinal stripes.
Finger compound leaves with 3-6 vertical leaves; Stipules numerous, tufted, linear, less than 2 mm long; Petiole is 5- 1 1.5 cm long, striped, smooth and hairless; The center of petiole is1.2-3.5cm, and the sides are 0.2-1.2cm, without hair.
Leaf blade is membranous, the largest in the center, oblong to obovate-oblong, 7- 13cm long and 2-5cm wide, the apex is tapered to a long cone, the base is wedge-shaped to a circle, the leaves on both sides are the smallest, and the oval to round oblong is 3.5-7cm long.