Divaricatum Carpesium (Carpesium divaricatum)

Family: Asteraceae or Compositae | Edibility: Edible (1/5)

Carpesium divaricatum is a PERENNIAL growing to 1 m (3ft 3in). It is in flower from August to October, and the seeds ripen from September to October. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Insects. Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Leaves - cooked. — Leaves - cooked.

Habitat & North American Range

Cool, shady and damp waste places, roadsides and hillsides in China. Grassy fields in partial shade in forests in Japan. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)