A highly variable species. Leaves in whorls of 3-6, usually whorls of 4. Small blue-violet bell-shaped flowers no more than 2/5" (1 cm) l...Read Moreong, often slightly constricted at the lip, mostly in whorls along the flower stem.
The fleshy taproot is used in traditional Chinese medicine.
This is one of the few Adenophora species whose presence is easily documented in North American gardens.
Native to Eastern Siberia, Korea, Japan, China, Laos, Vietnam.
The botanists now call this Adenophora tetraphylla.
A highly variable species. Leaves in whorls of 3-6, usually whorls of 4. Small blue-violet bell-shaped flowers no more than 2/5" (1 cm) l...Read More