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balloon flower

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balloon flower
n.
An east Asian perennial herb (Platycodon grandiflorus) having large, star-shaped, often violet-blue flowers and grown as an ornamental.
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Noun1.balloon flower - fragrant puffed-up white to reddish-pink flowers in long narrow clusters on erect stems; Arizona to New Mexico and Utah
Penstemon palmeri, scented penstemon
wild flower, wildflower - wild or uncultivated flowering plant
genus Penstemon, Penstemon - large genus of subshrubs or herbs having showy blue or purple or red or yellow or white flowers; mostly western North America
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A few of these helpful plants are: balloon flower (Platycodi grandiflori, Jie Geng), chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium, Ju Hua), buddleia (Buddleia officinalis, Mi Meng Hua), forsythia (Forsythia suspensa, Lian Qiao), white peony (Paeonia lactiflora, Bai Shao Yao), and red peony (Paeonia rubrae, Chi Shao Yao).
Medicinal herbs in your backyard: see the setting outside your door ... by Nowakowski, Rachel / New Life Journal
This was an auction record for the artist, but it almost seemed disappointing given the predictions that he might beat the US pop artist Jeff Koons, whose Balloon Flower sold in June for £12.
£111m Damien Hirst total sets record for one-artist auction by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
Traditional Chinese Medicine This treatment aims to improve lung energy with remedies such as plantain seed, balloon flower root, honeysuckle flowers, or gardenia fruit.
Herbal Medicines for Common Breathing Problems by Francis Adam / Health, general community
 
 
 
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