Atractylodes lancea

Atractylodes lancea (syns. Atractylodes chinensis, Atractylodes japonica, Atractylodes ovata; Japanese: オケラ, romanized: okera, Eastern ukera, ukira) is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Vietnam, most of China, Korea, the southern Russian Far East, and Japan.^[1] It is the source of cāng zhú (蒼朮), a Chinese herbal medicine sold to people suffering from a variety of ailments.^[2]

Note variation in leaf shape on individual plant

Atractylodes lancea
Flower
Foliage
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Atractylodes
Species:	A. lancea
Binomial name
Atractylodes lancea (Thunb.) DC.
Synonyms[1]
List Acarna chinensis Bunge Acarna lancea (Thunb.) Willd. Acarna ovata (Thunb.) Willd. Atractylis chinensis (Bunge) DC. Atractylis chinensis f. erosodentata (Koidz.) Hand.-Mazz. Atractylis chinensis var. liaotungensis Kitag. Atractylis chinensis var. liatungensis Kitag. Atractylis chinensis var. loeseneri Kitag. Atractylis chinensis var. quiqueloba Baranova & Skvortsov Atractylis chinensis var. simplicifolia (Loes.) Baranova & Skvortsov Atractylis chinensis f. simplicifolia (Loes.) Hand.-Mazz. Atractylis chinensis f. stapfii (Baroni) Hand.-Mazz. Atractylis erosodentata (Koidz.) Arènes Atractylis japonica (Koidz. ex Kitam.) Atractylis lancea Thunb. Atractylis lyrata (Siebold & Zucc.) Hand.-Mazz. Atractylis lyrata f. ternata (Kom.) Nakai Atractylis ovata Thunb. Atractylis ovata f. amurensis Freyn ex Kom. Atractylis ovata f. lyratifolia Kom. Atractylis ovata f. pinnatifolia Kom. Atractylis ovata var. simplicifolia Loes. Atractylis ovata f. simplicifolia (Loes.) Kom. Atractylis ovata var. ternata Kom. Atractylis ovata f. ternata Kom. Atractylis pinnatifolia (Kom.) S.Y.Hu Atractylis separata L.H.Bailey Atractylodes chinensis (Bunge) Koidz. Atractylodes chinensis var. liaotungensis (Kitag.) Y.C.Chu Atractylodes chinensis f. quinqueloba (Baranova & Skvortsov) Y.C.Chu Atractylodes chinensis var. simplicifolia (Loes.) Kitag. Atractylodes chinensis f. simplicifolia (Loes.) Y.C.Chu Atractylodes erosodentata Koidz. Atractylodes japonica Koidz. ex Kitam. Atractylodes japponica var. coriacea Konta & Katsuy. Atractylodes lancea var. chinensis (Bunge) Kitam. Atractylodes lancea subsp. luotianensis S.L.Hu & X.F.Feng Atractylodes lancea var. simplicifolia (Loes.) Kitam. Atractylodes lyrata Siebold & Zucc. Atractylodes lyrata var. ternata (Kom.) Koidz. Atractylodes ovata (Thunb.) DC. Giraldia stapfii Baroni