Description ³

L. chinensis is a small perennialherb that grows in tangled clumps from 15 centimetres (5.9 in) to 35 centimetres (14 in) long. It has a long, thin, branching stem that is olive green and green-brown crumpled narrow leaves. It has little to no odor and a sweet and pungent taste. When harvesting herbs for medical use, the ones with the greenest stems and yellower roots are preferred.

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2. (c) Colin Meurk, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Colin Meurk
3. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobelia_chinensis

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• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
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