Trollius chinensis

Bunge

RanunculaceaeFlowers

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Flowers

The flowers are eaten.

Where to Find It

It is a temperate plant.

Asia, China, Korea, Mongolia, Russia,

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, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

How to Identify

A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It forms clumps. It grows 90 cm tall. The leaves have lobes like fingers on a hand. The flowers are yellow or golden and have several petal like sepals.

Medicinal Uses

Described as having antioxidant properties.

Wikipedia

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Trollius chinensis, the Chinese globeflower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, found from southern Siberia to the southern Russian Far East, Sakhalin, the Kurils, Mongolia, Korea, and northern China (to north Henan). Its cultivar 'Golden Queen' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Notes

It is described as edible and medicinal with antioxidants.

Names & Synonyms

Trollius asiaticus var. chinensis (Bunge) Maxim.Trollius chinensis subsp. macropetalus (Regel) LuferovTrollius ledebouri var. macropetalus RegelTrollius macropetalus F. Schmidt

References (3)

Khasbagan, Yeruhan and Zhao Hui, 2011, Study on Traditional Knowledge of Wild Edible Plants Used by the Mongolians in Xilingol Typical Steppe Area. Plant Diversity and Resources. 33(2): 239-246
Urgamal, M., Oyuntsetseg, B., Nyambayar, D. & Dulamsuren, Ch. 2014. Conspectus of the vascular plants of Mongolia. (Editors: Sanchir, Ch. & Jamsran, Ts.). Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. “Admon“ Press. 334pp. (p. 79-90).
Zeng, Y., et al, 2014, Evaluation of antioxidant activities of extracts from 19 Chinese edible flowers. SpringerPlus 2014, 3:315