The golden-yellow flowering plant with mistakable petals
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In July, these charming plants are flowering in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Those golden-yellow parts are not the petals but the bracts of bupleurum aureum. The real petals are the tiny ones hidden inside. The plant is renowned for its medicinal value.
General information about bupleurum aureum. /CGTN Graphic

General information about bupleurum aureum. /CGTN Graphic

(Top image by Bing Liu from Luli Studio, taken in Altai, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.)
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