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Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Boraginaceae (ムラサキ科) > Lithospermum officinale
Lithospermum L. (ムラサキ)Seiyoumurasaki (セイヨウムラサキ, 西洋紫), common gromwell or European stoneseedLifeform: erect, downy perennial forb Distribution: Eurasia (Europe and Asia), not in Japan Habitat: grasslands, scrublands and open woodlands |
Use: ornamental and roots used as medicine (detox, blood circulation, external injury, burn injury, et.) of which components are shikonin and so on Synonyms:
Margarospermum officinale (L.) Decne. |
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[1-3] in Experimental Station for Medical Plant Studies, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, on June 3 2023.