Leontopodium japonicum

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Summary

Leontopodium japonicum is a species of plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Japan and China.

Description

A herb. It keeps growing from year to year from a tufted rhizome. It grows 10-55 cm tall. There are 20-30 leaves on the stem. They are 15-80 mm long by 3-15 mm wide. They are whitish underneath.

Edible Uses

The leaves are eaten.

Distribution

It is a temperate plant. It grows on dry slopes and gravelly areas between 700-2,300 m above sea level. In Sichuan.

Where It Grows

Asia, China, Japan, Korea,

Also Known As

Shuqucao

References (1)

Kang, Y., et al, 2012, Wild food plants and wild edible fungi in two valleys on the Qinling Mountains (Shaanxi, central China) Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine; 9:26