Basil alpine ( lat. Thalíctrum alpínum ) - herb ; a species of the Basilist ( Thalictrum ) of the Ranunculales family .
| Alpine basilist |
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| The kingdom : | Green plants |
| Over Order : | Ranunculanae Takht. ex Reveal , 1993 |
| Subfamily : | Isopyroideae Schrödinger , 1909 |
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| International Scientific Name |
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Thalictrum alpinum L. |
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Content
A small plant 5-20 cm tall, with a leafless, rarely single-leaf simple stem .
The leaves are concentrated at the base of the stem , petiolate , the plates are simply and twice pinnate, with leathery dark green, shiny leaves on top.
Flowers in a simple, rarely barely branched racemes , 1.5-8 cm long, drooping. Stamens filaments thin, filiform. The stigma of the ovary is dark purple. Tepals reddish-brown, 2-3 mm long and 1-1.75 mm wide, elliptical, obtuse. Flower formula : {\ displaystyle \ ast P_ {4-5} \; A _ {\ infty} \; G _ {\ infty}} [2] .
Fruitlets 2-3 mm long, oblong-ovate, weakly curved, ribbed, almost sessile.
It is found in Northern Europe , the Caucasus , Central Asia , Altai , Siberia , the Far East , the Himalayas , Mongolia , and North America .
It grows in tundra and alpine meadows , on the banks of mountain streams, on rocks and moraines near glaciers . In Altai, it is often found on the Korgon, Terektinsky, Katunsky, Simultinsky, Kurai, Chui, Silyugemsky squirrels, on the Ukok plateau and in the headwaters of the Chui River.
In ornamental gardening is used to create alpine slides. Requires excellent drainage with normal moisture and good lighting.
Grass and rhizome contain alkaloid gernandezin.
Medicinal raw material is the aerial part of the plant, harvested during the flowering period.
In folk medicine, the herb is used in certain skin diseases, as well as in epilepsy , diarrhea , jaundice , malaria , and pulmonary tuberculosis (Fruentov, 1974) [ clarify ] .
Kamchadals drink the broth of the aerial part in pulmonary tuberculosis and other bronchopulmonary diseases (Efremova N. A., 1967) [ clarify ] . Udegei apply it as an expectorant, antitussive, anti-inflammatory agent (Vostrikova G. G., Vostrikov L. A., 1971) [ clarify ] .
- ↑ About the conditionality of specifying the class of dicotyledons as a higher taxon for the group of plants described in this article, see the section “APG Systems” of the article “Dicotyledons” .
- ↑ Ecoflora of Ukraine = Ecoflora of Ukraine (ukr.) / Vidpov. editor Y.P. Dіduh. - K .: Phytosociocentre, 2004. - T. 2. - 480 p. .
- Nikiforov Yu.V. Altai herbs-healers. - Gorno-Altaisk: Yuch-Sumer - Belukha, 1992. (Retrieved November 18, 2009)