Chinese Rampion (Campanula punctata)

Family: Campanulaceae | Edibility: Choice Edible (4/5)

Bloom Color: Red. Main Bloom Time: Late summer, Mid summer. Form: Spreading or horizontal, Upright or erect.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves, Flowers

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

pleasant taste raw, with a pleasant sweetness. — The flowers and leaves are used as potherbs.; The leaves are slightly hairy but they have a very pleasant taste raw, with a pleasant sweetness.; They have been enjoyed by almost everyone we have given them to try and make a very acceptable salad.; The flowers make a decorative and tasty addition to the salad bowl.

Habitat & North American Range

Grassy slopes in lowland and low mountains all over Japan. Waste places such as roadsides and stony slopes on hills from the lowlands to elevations of 1700 metres. (Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9)