Epilobium royleanum

Hausskn.

Aatraasu

Onagraceae Edible: Leaves 11 iNaturalist observations

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Description

An erect herb. It has soft hairs. The stems are 10-60 cm tall. The leaves are narrowly oval and 2-6 cm long by 1-3 cm wide. There are teeth along the edge. The flowers are pink. They occur as many stalks in the axils of leaves.

Edible Uses

The leaves are cooked as a vegetable and added to tea.

Traditional Uses

The leaves are cooked as a vegetable. They are also added to tea.

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Medicinal Uses

The leaves are used in traditional medicine as part of tea preparations.

Distribution

It is a temperate plant. It grows in moist weedy places in valleys and along streams. In China it grows between 1,400-3,300 m above sea level. In Sichuan and Yunnan.