Abstract:
In order to understand the general situation of wild medicinal plant resources of Asteraceae in Midu county, and provide suggestion and reference for the utilization of medicinal plant resources of Asteraceae and exploration of forest medicine economy, the wild medicinal plant resources of Asteraceae in Midu county were investigated and analyzed by means of line transects, species identification and information query. Results showed there were 78 species of wild medicinal plant of Asteracea belonging to 41 genera in Midu county that indicated the diversities were relatively high. The main life form of these plants were herbs and perennial herbs were dominant. The constitution of genus for wild medicinal plants of Asteraceae in Midu county were relatively dispersive, and oligotypic genus dominated the absolute advantage. The areal-types of genus were mainly temperate distribution type. The analysis of medicinal parts showed that whole herbs and roots were the most commonly used parts. The medicinal efficacy was diverse and the medicinal plants of heat-clearing, activating blood and resolving stasis, and wind-dispelling were dominated.