Asteraceae FAMILY

Lapsanastrum apogonoides

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Lapsana apogonoides is an annual to biennial plant growing from a taproot; it produces a basal rosette of leaves and several slender stems around 5 - 25cm tall[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - China and Japan.

HabitatRiver banks, roadsides, wastelands, cultivated fields and thickets; at elevations up to 900 metres[ 58 Title Flora of Japan. (English translation) Publication Author Ohwi. G. Publisher Smithsonian Institution Year 1965 ISBN - Description The standard work. Brilliant, but not for the casual reader. , 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 2201 Title Common Chinese Materia Medica Volume 7 Publication Author Huagu Ye et al (Editors) Website https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5900-3 Publisher Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd., Singapore Year 2022 ISBN 978-981-16-5899-0 Description ].