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Gastrodia elata

Gastrodia elata is a saprophytic perennial herb in the Orchidaceae family. It is found in Nepal, Bhutan, India, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyuushu ), North Korea, Siberia, Taiwan as well as China (in the provinces of Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shanxi, Shanxi, Gansu, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Henan, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, and Tibet) grow at elevations of 400–3200 meters at the edge of forest.

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Bencao Gangmu, Volume Upper-Middle

李時珍 · 1596 · p.18

Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms: Plants

王圻, 王思義 · 1607 · p.58

Sancai Tuhui (Vol. 97)

王圻, 王思義 · 1607 · p.34

Sancai Tuhui (Vol. 92)

王圻, 王思義 · 1609 · p.59

Sancai Tuhui (Vol. 101)

王圻, 王思義 · 1609 · p.22

Illustrated Herbal Primer

Chen Jiamo (陳嘉謨) · 1628 · p.80

Illustrated Investigation of the Names and Realities of Plants, Volume 7

吳其濬 · 1848 · p.18

Illustrated Investigation of the Names and Realities of Plants, Volume 7

吳其濬 · 1848 · p.18

Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 14)

吳其濬 · 1848 · p.161

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 429605.