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Bupleurum scorzonerifolium
Also called Sickle Leaf Hare’s Ear
Red Thorowax is a hardy perennial herb in the carrot family, native to Siberia, Korea, northern and eastern China and Japan, grown mainly for its medicinal root. It is a plant of open, sunny, well-drained ground and is not commonly grown as an ornamental.
Bupleurum scorzonerifolium is a species of Bupleurum native to China, Siberia, Russian Far East, Korea, and Japan. Its root is used in traditional Chinese medicine known as Radix Bupleuri (柴胡).
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bupleurum scorzonerifolium by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
