Asthma Weed (Euphorbia hirta)

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

Euphorbia hirta is a ANNUAL growing to 0.3 m (1ft) by 0.3 m (1ft in). It is frost tender. The species is monoecious (individual flowers are either male or female, but both sexes can be found on the same plant) and is pollinated by Insects. Suitable for: light (sandy) and medium (loamy) soils and prefers well-drained soil. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It cannot grow in the shade.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves, Shoots

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Tender young leaves and shoots - cooked as a vegetable. A famine food, used when all else fails and I would have to be very desperate to eat it even then. — Tender young leaves and shoots - cooked as a vegetable.; A famine food, used when all else fails and I would have to be very desperate to eat it even then.

Habitat & North American Range

Waste places and cultivated fields in lowland Japan. Moist open places at elevations up to 1800 metres in Nepal. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)