File:Alisma_plantago-aquatica_flos1_(cropped).JPG · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Alisma plantago-aquatica
Sign in to saveAlso known as Mad-dog weed, Mad dog weed, Alisma plantago, Common water-plantain
species of plant
Species
Least ConcernAlisma plantago-aquatica
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderAlismatales
- FamilyAlismataceae
泽泻（学名：Alisma plantago-aquatica），又名藚、水舄。为多年生沼生草木，属泽泻科。其根状茎较短，叶子呈长椭圆形，基生。泽泻夏季开白花，排成大型轮状分枝的圆锥花序；花两性；内外轮花被各三枚，内轮花被片花瓣状，比外轮小。瘦果侧扁，顶端有宿存花柱。野生泽泻一般生长在沼泽地，分布于中国、日本和印度等地。 泽泻的根状茎是传统中药之一。中医理论认为其性寒，具有利水渗湿的功能，主治小便不利、水肿腹满、泄泻、淋浊等症。 一项动物实验将大剂量泽泻浸膏粉（相当于临床剂量20 及40倍）混于饲料中喂饲大鼠3 个月，病理切片显示肝细胞及肾近曲小管有不同程度的浊肿与变性。。
via GBIF · IUCN · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4,530
- With media
- 2,916
- Family
- Alismataceae
- Collections
- UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, CMN, CHAS, UTEP, UAM
- Recorded in
- Canada, Finland, United States, Russia
Wikidata facts
Show 10 more facts
- taxon name
- Alisma plantago-aquatica
- Commons category
- Alisma plantago-aquatica
- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons gallery
- Alisma plantago-aquatica
- taxon common name
- trpotčasti porečnik
- taxon range
- Guangdong
- short name
- A. plantago-aquatica
- taxon author citation
- (P. A. Smirn. ) Tzvelev
via Wikidata · CC0
~4 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Alisma plantago-aquatica, also known as European water-plantain, common water-plantain or mad-dog weed, is a perennial flowering aquatic plant widespread across most of Europe and Asia, and apparently spread elsewhere in both the Old and New World.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alisma plantago-aquatica” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.