Pedicularis sceptrum subsp. carolinum
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Description
A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 60 cm tall. The leaves at the base are in a ring. They have leaf stalks 12 cm long. The leaves are 30 cm long by 4 cm wide and have many segments. There are 7-17 pairs. There are only a few leaves on the stem. They are often almost in rings of 3 and smaller than the leaves at the base. The flowers appear to be in rings and are tube shaped and yellow.
Edible Uses
The leaves are eaten.
Distribution
It is a temperate plant. It grows in swampy woods and moist banks between 400-500 m above sea level in north China.
Where It Grows
Asia, Central Asia, China, Europe, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Mongolia, Russia,
Notes
Also put in the family Scrophulariaceae.
References (1)
- Plants for a Future database, The Field, Penpol, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0NG, UK. http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/
