It is a perennial herb, about 30-60 cm high, up to 100 cm high. Its main root is thick and cylindrical, dark brown in color, and its stem is umbrella like with many branches. The Coptis chinensis is a shrub, which is much smaller than the former, about 20 cm high, with upright stems and less branches.
The basic leaves of Chelidonium repens are less, which are oblong or broadly obovate in inverted egg shape, with full pinnatifid, oblong lobes in inverted egg shape, and the cauline leaves are similar to the basic leaves, which are relatively smaller. However, Coptis chinensis has pinnate compound leaves, lanceolate or oblong lanceolate terminal leaves, and obovate or nearly round basal leaves.
The flower petals are obovate and the color is yellow. And dihuanglian is cyme, corolla has 5 crack, lobes are ovoid.
