Picris divaricata
Vaniot
AsteraceaeLeaves
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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
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Conveyor Belt
Conveyor Belt
What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves, Vegetable
The leaves are cooked and eaten as a vegetable.
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant. It grows in grasslands on mountain slopes between 1,400-3,200 m above level. In Yunnan.
Asia, China, Tibet,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
How to Identify
A herb. It grows 10-40 cm tall. It grows for a few years. There can be several stems. They have white hairs. The leaves at the base are narrowly oval and 3-10 cm long by 1-2 cm wide.
Production
Leaves are available all year round.
Names & Synonyms
Hypochaeris mairei H. Lev.
References (1)
- Xu, You-Kai, et al, 2004, Wild Vegetable Resources and Market Survey in Xishuangbanna, Southwest China. Economic Botany. 58(4): 647-667.
