Chinese name: Dawuli Huangqi

Latin name: Astragalus dahuricus

Kingdom: Plant Kingdom

Distribution area: China Northeast, North, Northwest and Shandong, Henan, and North Sichuan

English name: Astragalus dahuricus

1. Morphology of Astragalus dawuli

Dawuli Astragalus is an annual or biennial herb with spreading hairs and white pubescent hairs. Stem veins erect, 80 cm in height, branched, with fine edges. The petiole is less than one centimeter in length. Stipules separated, narrowly lanceolate or subulate, 4-8 mm long; leaflets oblong, obovate-oblong or oblong-elliptic, 5-20 mm long, 2-6 mm wide, apex rounded or Slightly pointed, base obtuse or nearly wedge-shaped. The raceme is dense, with 10-20 flowers, 3.5-10 cm long; the total pedicel is 2-5 cm long; the bracts are linear or bristle, 3-4.5 mm long. Pedicel 1-1.5 mm long; calyx oblique campanulate, 5-5.5 mm long, calyx tube 1.5-2 mm long, calyx tooth linear or bristle, upper 2 teeth are shorter.

2. Distribution of Astragalus Dawuli

Astragalus Dawuli is produced in Northeast my country, North China, Northwest China, Shandong, Henan, and northern Sichuan. Born in the hillside and river beach grassland at an altitude of 400-2500 meters, it has not been artificially introduced and cultivated. Russia, Mongolia, North Korea and other countries are also distributed. The whole plant of Astragalus Dawuli can be used as fodder. Large livestock especially like to eat it, so it is called dry food for donkeys. Dawuli Astragalus seeds light brown or brown, kidney-shaped, 1 mm long, 1.5 mm wide, spotted, smooth. The flowering period is July-September, and the fruiting period is August-October.

3. The role of Astragalus Dauri

Many large livestock use Astragalus Dauri as their food, especially donkeys, which are their favorite food. So Dauri Astragalus often appears in our daily life as a kind of livestock feed. Uli Astragalus can not only be used as the main feed for livestock, but also as a kind of Chinese herbal medicine. Because Dawuli Astragalus is a kind of plant with a bit bitter taste, the taste of eating is not very good, but it can clear heat and detoxify, and is very friendly to the fever that occurs in the human body. Dauri Astragalus can also improve the environment and is very suitable for planting in the wild to improve the quality of sandy soil.

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