Table 5.

Harvest time, growth period, and harvest parts of S. miltiorrhiza.

Collecting Time (Day Month Year)	Growth Stage	Phenological Phase	Harvest Parts
1 April 2016	Turn green	Leaf expansion period	Roots, Leaves
15 April 2016			Roots, Stems, Leaves
29 April 2016	Vegetative growth and reproductive growth of the aerial parts	Early bloom stage	Roots, Stems, Leaves, Flowers
14 May 2016			Roots, Stems, Leaves, Flowers
30 May 2016		Full-bloom stage	Roots, Stems, Leaves, Flowers
8 June 2015			Roots, Stems, Leaves, Flowers
18 June 2015		Late bloom stage	Roots, Stems, Leaves, Flowers
25 June 2015			Roots, Stems, Leaves, Flowers
4 July 2016		Branch growth period	Roots, Stems, Leaves
14 July 2015			Roots, Stems, Leaves
23 July 2015			Roots, Stems, Leaves
12 August 2015		Form stable phase of the aerial parts	Roots, Stems, Leaves
26 August 2015			Roots, Stems, Leaves
19 September 2015	Vegetative growth of the roots	Rapid growing stage of roots	Roots, Stems, Leaves
19 October 2015	As above	Late rapid growing stage of roots	Roots
29 November 2015	Growth arrest	Withering stage	Roots
30 December 2015	Growth arrest	Dormancy period	Roots