具有与灌木相似外形(如不具明显的主干,高5米以下)的
多年生植物.亦常在近基部生长出多个粗细相似的枝干,丛生.半灌木与灌木不同的是:半灌木介于 木本植物与草木植物之间,仅在枝条的下部为多年生,并有 木栓组织保护,上部是1年生的.因此在寒冷的冬天,上部的枝条枯萎或死亡,常被农人砍伐作为柴薪.半灌木也称 亚灌木,如 菊科的 蒿属、
金丝桃科
金丝桃属植物等.有的半灌木也是 药用植物,如麻黄、黄芪和接骨
金栗兰以及某些
蒿属植物等.Has the similar shape shrubs ( such as the back bone of non-obvious, high-five meters or less) of the perennials. Fairly frequently in the past more than the thickness of the base of the growth of a similar branches, clusters. Semi-shrubs and shrubs difference is: semi-shrubs between between woody plants and vegetation, only the lower branches as the perennial and has cork organizations to protect the upper part is a 1-year. So in the cold winter, the upper branches wilt or death, often as firewood cutting farmers salary. semi-shrub, also known as sub-shrubs, such as the family Asteraceae Artemisia, Hypericum Hypericum plant. and some semi-shrubs are also medicinal plants, such as ephedra, Astragalus, and bone Jin Li-lan, and some Artemisia species and so on.