Exallage auricularia

Botanical Description

Exallage auricularia is a perennial plant producing a number of stems from a stout rootstock. It sometimes grows up to 1 metre tall but often has weak stems that creep along the ground, rooting at the nodes[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and sometimes as a food.