尖叶藁本Ligusticum acuminatum Franch.

别名：尖叶蒿本;光叶川芎;水藁本;光叶藁本;尖叶川芎;藁本菜;

科名：伞形科 Umbelliferae

属名：藁本属 Ligusticum

《中国植物志》第55(2)卷252页
  16．尖叶藁本 藁本菜（河南），水藁本（四川）图版98：1-6
  Ligusticum acuminatum Franch. in Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris 8 (6): 131. 1894; Shan in Sinensia 12: 177. 1941. ——Ligusticopsis acuminata (Franch.) Leute in Ann. Naturhistor. Mus. Wien 73: 69. Taf. 3. fig. 1. Abb. 3. fig. 6. 1969.
  多年生草本，高可达2米。根茎较发达，常为棕褐色。茎圆柱形，中空，具条纹，略带紫色。基生叶未见。茎上部叶具柄，柄长5-7厘米。下部略扩大呈鞘状；叶片纸质，轮廓宽三角状卵形，长约15厘米，宽约17厘米，3回羽状全裂，第一回羽片三角状卵形，长8-10厘米，宽6-7厘米；第二回羽片长圆状披针形，长3-5厘米，宽1.5-2厘米，先端常延伸呈尾尖状；末回羽片近卵形，长5-15毫米，宽5-10毫米，基部楔形，上部羽状分裂，裂齿具小尖头。复伞形花序具长梗，梗长可达15厘米，顶端密被糙毛；顶生伞形花序直径4厘米，侧生的略小；总苞片6，线形，长约1厘米，常早落；伞辐12-23，长2-3厘米，排列紧密；小总苞片6-10，线形，长约5毫米。分生果背腹扁压，卵形，长约3毫米，宽约2毫米，背棱突起或呈翅状，侧棱扩大成翅；每棱槽内油管2-3 (4)，合生面油管6-8。花期7-8月，果期9-10月。
  产云南、四川、湖北、河南、陕西。生于海拔1500-3500米的林下、草地及石崖上。模式标本采自云南洱源。

《Flora of China》 Vol. 14 (2005)
Ligusticum acuminatum  Franchet
尖叶藁本   jian ye gao ben
Plants 1–2 m, stout, glabrous. Rootstock thick. Stems 1–2, purplish tinged, hollow, branching. Lower petioles 5–10 cm; blade triangular-ovate, ternate-3-pinnate, pinnae 4–6 pairs, crowded, terminal pinna caudate; ultimate segments subovate, 5–15 × 5–10 mm, apex acuminate or caudate. Upper leaves reduced, sessile, 1-pinnate. Terminal umbels ca. 4 cm across, lateral umbels smaller; peduncles 5–15 cm; bracts 5–6, linear, caducous; rays (7–)12–23, subequal, 2–3 cm; bracteoles 5–10, linear. Calyx teeth obsolete. Petals white, obovate, base cuneate. Styles reflexed. Fruit oblong-ovoid, ca. 3 × 2 mm; dorsal and intermediate ribs narrowly winged, lateral ribs more broadly winged; vittae 2–3(–4) in each furrow, 6–8 on commissure. Seed face plane or slightly concave. Fl. Jul–Aug, fr. Sep–Oct. 2n = 22*.
Forests, forest margins, alpine scrub and meadows; 1500–4000 m. Gansu, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan.
This species is used in W Sichuan as a regional substitute, known as “xin jiang gao ben,” for the traditional Chinese medicine “gao ben” (see Ligusticum sinense and L. jeholense).