Slender stem with a few leaves crowned by a small floret of tiny white flowers. Species of Japanese angelica miqueliana.

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Slender stem with a few leaves crowned by a small floret of tiny white flowers. Species of Japanese angelica miqueliana, or Du Huo in Chinese medicine. Kouhon. Colour-printed woodblock engraving by Kan'en Iwasaki from "Honzo Zufu," an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, 1884. Iwasaki (1786-1842) was a Japanese botanist, entomologist and zoologist. He was one of the first Japanese botanists to incorporate western knowledge into his studies.

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