Pulsatilla chinensis is a species of plant in the family Ranunculaceae and is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine. There it has the name bái tóu wēng (Chinese: 白头翁).
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Pulsatilla chinensis being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Pulsatilla dahurica
- Pulsatilla turczaninovii
- Pulsatilla ambigua
- Pulsatilla cernua — considered toxic
- Pulsatilla montana
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Ranunculales
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Pulsatilla
- Species
- Pulsatilla chinensis
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