“…Part of the confusion came from the fact that both herbs shared the same Chinese common name Baimaoteng (meaning of 'white hair-bearing vine'). Although these two herbs showed some different morphological and microscopic characteristics (Liang, Jiang, Leung, Chan, & Zhao, 2006), these characteristics may vary with the growing stages, environmental properties, physical forms, and post-harvest processing of the herbs (Shaw, Ngan, But, & Wang, 2002). Consequently, it is important to develop accurate and efficient authentication methods to differentiate Baiying from Xungufeng.…”