The herbal medicine variety expanded from a single platycodon grandiflorum to more than 10 varieties such as achyranthes bidentata, belamcanda chinensis, scutellaria baicalensis, and saposhnikovia ...

Additional Information Name Authority: DC. Vernaculars: English: Balloon Flower, Broad Bluebell. Japanese: Kikio Misc: China: leaves eaten. The radical leaves are said to be slightly toxic, thus only ...

A The plant in question is a great perennial named Platycodon, commonly called balloon flower. The emerging flower buds look like miniature hot-air balloons. There are a few older varieties that ...

Eight traditional Chinese herb medicines, namely the hawthorn, magnolia, platycodon grandiflorum, salvia miltiorrhiza, pinellia, eucommia, gardenia and gastrodia, are Nanyang traditional Chinese ...

IN THE GARDEN: "Balloons" on perennial platycodon should open into flowers in summer June 26, 2021 at 1:47 a.m. by Janet B. Carson ...