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Common name: Stem Clasping Ligularia, Ligularia
Botanical name: Ligularia amplexicaulis Family: Compositae (Sunflower family)
A perennial that grows to 1.0 meter high by 0.5 meters wide. The leaves are
large and green, and seem to clasp the stem. Flowers are carried on erect
stems above the foilage. The flowers are large, shaggy, narrow-petalled yellow
daisies which appear in loose, flat-topped sprays in mid-summer
Medicinal uses: The stems, leaves and flowers are used in Tibetan
medicine, they are said to have an astringent taste and a cooling potency.
Digestive and emetic, they are used in the treatment of vomiting from
indigestion.
| Photographed in Valley of
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