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Argemone ochroleuca
3-642.17.13English: Snow-poppy; Dawn-poppy.
Synonym: Eomecon chionantha
Name: means eastern poppy.
Genus: 1 species.
Region: China.
Content: alkaloids.
Use: against snail Oncomelania hupensis, host for Schistosoma japonicum; schistosomiasis.BotanyHerb; perennial.
Root: rootstock with stolons, spreading to form patches on the ground; roots orange.
Leaves: all basal, bluish petioles, to ± 30 centimeters long, heart-shaped or kidney-shaped, with wavy, scalloped edges, greenish, with a purple tinge on the undersides; scape is blue-gray with a mauve tint.
Flowers: flower bud long and pointed; 70 stamens with yellow anthers; fruit a capsule ± 2 centimeters long.
Synonym: Eomecon chionantha
Name: means eastern poppy.
Genus: 1 species.
Region: China.
Content: alkaloids.
Use: against snail Oncomelania hupensis, host for Schistosoma japonicum; schistosomiasis.BotanyHerb; perennial.
Root: rootstock with stolons, spreading to form patches on the ground; roots orange.
Leaves: all basal, bluish petioles, to ± 30 centimeters long, heart-shaped or kidney-shaped, with wavy, scalloped edges, greenish, with a purple tinge on the undersides; scape is blue-gray with a mauve tint.
Flowers: flower bud long and pointed; 70 stamens with yellow anthers; fruit a capsule ± 2 centimeters long.