中文名（Chinese Name）：桔梗
学名（Scientific Name）：Platycodon grandiflorus (Jacq.) A. DC.
英文名（English Common Name）：balloon-flower
别名（Chinese Common Name）：铃当花
异名（Synonym）：Campanula glauca Thunb.；Platycodon autumalis Decne.；Platycodon chinensis Lindl. et Paxton；Platycodon glaucus Nakai；Platycodon grandiflorus var. glaucus Sieb. et Zucc.；Platycodon autumnalis Decne.；latycodon sinensis Lem.；Platycodon mariesii (Lynch) Wittm.；Campanula gentianoides Lam.；Platycodon grandiflorus var. autumnalis (Decne.) Voss；Platycodon grandiflorus var. mariesii Lynch；Platycodon mariesii var. albus Wittm.；Platycodon mariesii f. albonanus H.Hara；Platycodon grandiflorus var. albus Stubenrauch；Platycodon grandiflorus var. japonicus Stubenrauch；Platycodon grandiflorus var. semiplenus Stubenrauch；Platycodon grandiflorus var. striatus Stubenrauch；Platycodon mariesii f. striatus (Stubenrauch) H.Hara；Platycodon grandiflorus var. duplex Makino；Platycodon grandiflorus var. pentapetalus Makino；Platycodon glaucus var. pentapetalus (Makino) Makino；Platycodon glaucus f. albus Makino； Platycodon grandiflorus f. leucanthus H.Hara；Platycodon glaucus f. bicolor Makino；Platycodon grandiflorus f. bicolor (Makino) H.Hara；Platycodon glaucus f. violaceus Makino；Platycodon glaucus f. albiflorus Honda；Platycodon grandiflorus f. albiflorus (Honda) H.Hara；Platycodon glaucus f. subasepalus Honda；Platycodon glaucus var. subasepalus (Honda) Nakai；Platycodon grandiflorus f. subasepalus (Honda) H.Hara；Platycodon glaucus var. monanthus Nakai；Platycodon grandiflorus f. monanthus (Nakai) Hyun S.Kim；Platycodon glaucus var. planicorollatus Makino；Platycodon grandiflorus var. planicorollatus (Makino) Nakai；Platycodon glaucus var. rugosus Makino；Platycodon grandiflorus var. rugosus (Makino) Nakai
科属（Family & Genus）：桔梗科（Campanulaceae）桔梗属
形态特征（Description）：茎高20-120厘米，通常无毛，偶密被短毛，不分枝，极少上部分枝。叶全部轮生，部分轮生至全部互生，无柄或有极短的柄，叶片卵形，卵状椭圆形至披针形，长2-7厘米，宽0.5-3.5厘米，基部宽楔形至圆钝，顶端急尖，上面无毛而绿色，下面常无毛而有白粉，有时脉上有短毛或瘤突状毛，边缘具细锯齿。花单朵顶生，或数朵集成假总状花序，或有花序分枝而集成圆锥花序；花萼筒部半圆球状或圆球状倒锥形，被白粉，裂片三角形，或狭三角形，有时齿状；花冠大，长1.5-4.0厘米，蓝色或紫色。蒴果球状，或球状倒圆锥形，或倒卵状，长1-2.5厘米，直径约1厘米。花期7-9月。
分布（Distribution）：产东北、华北、华东、华中各省及广东、广西、贵州、云南、四川、陕西等地，生于海拔2000米以下的阳处草丛、灌丛中，少生于林下。朝鲜、日本、俄罗斯也有。
用途（Use）：根药用，含桔梗皂甙，有止咳、祛痰、消炎（治肋膜炎）等效。
引自中国植物志英文版FOC Vol. 19 Page 529
Platycodon grandiflorus (Jacquin) A. Candolle, Monogr. Campan. 125. 1830.
桔梗 jie geng | Campanulaceae  | Platycodon
Campanula grandiflora Jacquin, Hort. Bot. Vindob. 3: 4. 1776; C. glauca Thunberg; Platycodon autumnalis Decaisne; P. chinensis Lindley & Paxton; P. glaucus (Thunberg) Nakai; P. sinensis Lemaire.
Stems 20-120 cm tall, usually glabrous, rarely densely puberulent, simple, rarely branched above. Leaf blade adaxially green, ovate, elliptic, or lanceolate, 2-7 × 0.5-3.5 cm, abaxially glabrous (rarely puberulent along veins) and glaucous, adaxially glabrous, base broadly cuneate or rounded, margin serrate, apex acute or acuminate. Hypanthium hemispherical, obovoid, or obconic, rarely campanulate, glaucous. Calyx lobes triangular or narrowly triangular, sometimes toothlike. Corolla blue or purple (rarely pink or white), 1.5-4.5 cm. Capsule globose, obconic, or obovoid, 0.7-2.5 × 0.7-1.5 cm. Fl. Jul-Sep, fr. Aug-Oct. 2n = 18, 36.
Sunny herb communities, thickets, rarely in forests; below 2000 m. Anhui, Chongqing, Fujian, Guangdong, N Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, E Sichuan (west to Pingwu and Liangshan), SE Yunnan (Mengzi, Wenshan, Yanshan), Zhejiang [Japan, Korea, Russia (Far East, SE Siberia); widely cultivated elsewhere].
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