Family: Brassicaceae
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Collection Number: 7
This flower is an annual or biennial herb, with lilac and white flowers about 5-7 by 2-3 mm in size. It is a part of the family Brassicaceae. It does not have any well-documented medicinal application; there is a reference to it in one online glossary of Tibetan herb names (bye hu la phug), where is used to treat indigestion, but otherwise there is no documentation of its use.
Citations
“Dontostemon integrifolius.” 2024. Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Accessed July 24. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1126736-2
Dontostemon Integrifolius in Flora of China @ Efloras.Org. . http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200009425, accessed April 18, 2025.
“Dontostemon integrifolius (L.) Ledeb.”. 2024. GBIF | Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed July 24. https://www.gbif.org/species/3052600.
Hurka, H., Friesen, N., and Neuffer, B. n.d. “Biogeography of Asiatic Brassiceae.” Accessed July 24. https://www.home.uni-osnabrueck.de/bneuffer/centralasia.htm
Oyuntsetseg, B. and Jamsran, T. 2006. “Distribution of the Central Asian Genus Dontostemon.” Mongolian Journal of Biological Sciences 4 (2): 3-7. https://www.biotaxa.org/mjbs/article/view/26873.
Tibetan Herb Names. . Medicine Traditions. http://www.medicinetraditions.com/tibetan-herb-names.html, accessed April 18, 2025.
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