Maral Dried Root Tincture Maral Dried Root Rhaponticum Carthamoides Powder Liquid Extract 2x2 oz

Rhaponticum carthamoides, also known as Maral root or Rhaponticum, is an herbaceous perennial plant from the family Asteraceae that inhabits the sub-alpine zone (4,500–6,000 ft (1,400–1,800 m) above sea level) as well as alpine meadows. It can be found growing wild in Southern Siberia, Kazakhstan, the Altay region, and Western Sayani. Maral root is widely cultivated throughout Russia and Eastern Europe. The name Maral root comes from the maral deer who feed on it. The stem is hollow, ribbed, cobweb-pubescent. Leaves are deeply pinnate with ovate-lanceolate, serrated lobes along the edges. The flowers are tubular, purple, collected in single large (3-8 cm in diameter) baskets. The fruit is the achene.