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Plantaginaceae FAMILY

Plantago asiatica

Plantago asiatica

Edibility
3/5
Medicinal
3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Plantago asiatica is a herbaceous perennial plant growing from a fibrous rootstock. It produces a cluster of basal leaves usually 2 - 15cm long, occasionally to 27cm, and erect flowering stems from 3 - 40cm long[ 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 fod and a medicine. The young leaves are sometimes sold in local food marhets in Korea[ 1665 Title Wild Food Plants in South Korea; Market Presence, New Crops, and Exports to the United States Publication Economic Botany, Vol. 50, No. 1 (Jan. - Mar., 1996), pp. 57-70 Author Pemberton R.W. & Nam Sook Lee Website http://www.jstor.org/stable/4255805 Publisher Year 1996 ISBN Description ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate
Native RangeE. Asia - China, Japan, Korea, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia
HabitatMountain slopes, ravines, riverbanks, fields, roadsides, wastelands, lawns; at elevations from near sea level to 3,800 metres[ 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. ]. Woods and waste ground in lowland and mountains all over Japan[ 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. ].