Photo: Salvia miltiorrhiza 0.
Botanical name:
Flowering plant. MTT Karila research station, Mikkeli, Finland. Planted. 2001-08-13.
Flowering plant. MTT Karila research station, Mikkeli, Finland. Planted. 2001-08-13.
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Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge.
Engl.: Chinese sage, red sage, red-rooted sage, redroot sage.
Deu.: Chinesischer Salbei, Rotwurzsalbei.
TCM: dan shen.
Bot. syn.: Salvia pogonocalyx Hance.
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