Dark purple Fritillaria

[Pinyin] àn Zǐ Bèi Mǔ

[English name] Unibract Fritillary Bulb

[Alias​​] black mother of pearl flower, mother Sumbe

[Source] for the hyacinth purple fritillary Fritillaria unibracteata Hsiao et KC Hsia bulbs. July to September when the seedlings did not wilt excavation, Daini exposure or Weihuo baking, always use bamboo, wood turning, until skin is pink and white screen to go when the mud with disabilities, into sacks, to go with soil and gently hit the old skin , and then dried.

[Original form] perennial herb, 15 ~ 23cm. Bulb diameter of 6 ~ 8mm. Leaves many of the students, bar or strip lanceolate, long 3.6 ~ 5.5cm, width 3 ~ 5mm. Flowers solitary, leafy bracts 1; perianth length 2.5 ~ 2.7cm, dark purple, with small brown box, width 6 ~ 10mm; stamens half the length of tepals, anthers nearly base with; stigma lobes very short, about 0.5 ~ lmm. Capsule length 1 ~ 1.5cm, width 1 ~ 1.2cm, with sharp, narrow edge on the wings with a width of 1mm. Flowering in June, the fruit of August.

[Habitat distribution] was born in 3200 ~ 4500m above sea level on the grass. Primary production in Sichuan, Qinghai and Gansu.

[Characters] Bulbs conical or heart-shaped, diameter 5 ~ 9mm, high 4 ~ 8mm. Surface white, more smooth. Disparity between the two scales the size of the outer leaves, wrap a small large scale leaf scale leaf, small scale leaf exposed part of the crescent-shaped, often called hold on the arms, sharp or blunt than the top, more closed, than the flat bottom, slightly recessed. There are small scale leaf buds and heart. Micro gas, slightly sweet taste.

Chemical Composition】 【Chuanbei base containing dehydroepiandrosterone (chuanbeinone), Sibelius hormone (imperialine).

[Taste], slightly cold, bitter, sweet.

[Indications] with Fritillaria.

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