Seeds - Specimen details

Seeds - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 51335

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Plant Name 88.00 COMPOSITAE Artemisia capillaris Entry Book Number 107.1883
Artefact Name Seeds Vernacular Name
Iso Country Japan TDWG Region Japan
Parts Held Seeds Geography Description Hiogo
Uses SeedsUse: MEDICINES User: Man TDWG use MEDICINES
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Notes: Label source: 162 of list.? In T'ying (31) A. capillaris Thunb. Syn: Intsjin; Fki Iamogi and Kawara Iamogi; Kaempf. Amoen., p. 897; Iamma Intsjin; Thunb. Fl. Jap., p. 309; Kawara Yomogi, So mokou Zouss. vol. xvi.fig.27; Phonzou Zoufou, vol.xiv.fol.2. Thi, s consists of the flower heads, and bears some resemblance to Levant santonica, than which the flower heads are smaller. The paleae are oval, obtuse and membranous, about six in number, and closely imbricated. The scales separate more readily than in sant, onica, and are mixed with the flower heads, as well as portions of the capillary leaflets. The taste is slightly pungent and aromatic but not bitter. The plant flowers in August, and is not an inland, but a littoral species.

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