Star grass (Curculigo orchioides)

Family: Hypoxidaceae | Edibility: Edible (1/5)

Golden Eye-Grass or Curculigo orchioides is a tropical flowering plant native to China, Japan, Indian Subcontinent, Papuasia, and Micronesia. It is a stem-less perennial herb with a cluster of leaves from the roots that forms into a clump. The leaves are large, sword shaped and folded like a fan. The flowers are star shaped, yellow in colour and small. The fruit is a berry that is pale green in colour.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Roots/Tubers

Harvest Seasons: Fall, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

The tubers are cooked and eaten. — The tubers are cooked and eaten.

Habitat & North American Range

Forests and open grassy slopes from near sea level to 1,600 metres in southern China. (Zone 10)