Osmorhiza aristata var. aristata ("Yabuninjin")

Japanese name: ヤブニンジン （藪人参）
Scientific name: Osmorhiza aristata var. aristata

[Overview]
A perennial 30–70 cm tall, found in shaded places in hills and fields.
It has thick roots.
The whole plant is hairy.
The stem is branched.
The leaves are alternate, 7–30 cm long, and twice ternately pinnately compound.
The leaflets are ovate with toothed margins.
A compound umbel at the branch tips bears small white 5-petaled flowers sparsely.
The fruit is a club-shaped mericarp that swells in the upper part, with upward-pointing bristles.

[Uses]
The roots and rhizomes are used medicinally.

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