臺灣山菊

菊科

學名:Farfugium japonicum (L.) Kitamura var. formosanum (Hayata) Kitamura

英名:Taiwan leopard plant

別名:橐吳、大吳風草、八角烏、活血蓮、金缽盂、獨角蓮、一葉蓮、大馬蹄香、大馬蹄、鐵冬莧、馬蹄當歸

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簡介 Description

臺灣特有變種,多年生草本地被植物,分佈臺灣中低海拔山區山坡地、路旁,尤以陽明山區 800~1,100 m最常見。葉為基生之革質厚葉,具長柄,邊緣多角形,葉身如蟹甲,葉脈為掌狀,正面深綠色,背面淡綠色,兩面皆光滑無毛。頭狀花序呈繖房狀排列。瘦果長橢圓形,密被毛,冠毛白色。

Taiwan's endemic varieties, perennial herbal ground cover plants, distributed on the hillsides and roadsides in Taiwan's middle and low-altitude mountains, especially in the Yangming Mountain area, 800~1,100 m. Basal leaves, thick and leathery with long stalks, margin in polygonal shape, blade like crab shell, veins palmate, dark green on the upper side and, pale green on the back, smooth and glabrous on both sides. The flower heads are arranged in an umbrella shape. The fruit is an achene, long oval, densely coated with villi, and crest white.

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栽培 Cultivation

喜半遮陰、潮濕環境。以種子繁殖為主,亦可分株繁殖。

The plant enjoys partial shade and humid environments. Mainly reproduced by spores and also possibly by ramets.

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應用 Application

可作庭園地被植物、觀花盆栽。全草藥用,清熱解毒,活血止血,散結消腫。治風熱感冒、咽喉腫痛、咳嗽咯血、便血、月經不調、癰腫、疔瘡、跌打傷。

It can be a garden cover plant and an ornamental flower pot. Extracts of the plant are widely used in herbal medicinal applications for clearing away heat and detoxifying, promoting blood circulation, stanching bleeding, and dissipating swelling and other symptoms like fever and cold, sore throat, cough, hemoptysis, blood in the stool, irregular menstruation, bloating, furunculosis and bruises.