Stellera
Sign in to saveStellera is a genus of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae, with a single species Stellera chamaejasme found in mountainous regions of Central Asia, China, Korea, Siberia and South Asia. S. chamaejasme is a herbaceous perennial plant with heads of white, pink or yellow flowers, grown as an ornamental plant in rock gardens and alpine houses, but considered a weed playing a role in the desertification of grasslands in parts of its native range. Like many others of its family, it is a poisonous plant with medicinal and other useful properties.
Species
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 29
- With media
- 26
- Family
- Thymelaeaceae
- Collections
- A, MU, UPS, NHMUK, MNHN, O
- Recorded in
- Spain, China, Japan, Russia, Switzerland
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Thymelaeaceae
- Image
- Stellera chamaejasme.jpg
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- Stellera
- taxon name
- Stellera
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Stellera
- taxon common name
- 狼毒属
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Common names
- Description
- Taxonomy
- Distribution and habitat
- Cultivation
- Toxicity
- Chemistry and properties
- Papermaking
- References
Stellera is a genus of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae, with a single species Stellera chamaejasme found in mountainous regions of Central Asia, China, Korea, Siberia and South Asia. S. chamaejasme is a herbaceous perennial plant with heads of white, pink or yellow flowers, grown as an ornamental plant in rock gardens and alpine houses, but considered a weed playing a role in the desertification of grasslands in parts of its native range. Like many others of its family, it is a poisonous plant with medicinal and other useful properties.
==Common names== Two common names recorded for the plant in Mongolian are одои далан туруу (odoi dalan turuu) and чонын Чолбодос (choniin cholbodos) - incomplete translation: choniin "of the wolf" + cholbodos [=?, possibly "poison"]. A common name for the plant in Tibetan is rejag.
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