Crepidiastrum sonchifolium
(Maxim.) Pak & Kawano
Asteraceae
Ixeridium elegans (Franch.) C.Shih
Ixeridium sonchifolium (Maxim.) C.Shih
Ixeris denticulata elegans (Franch.) Stebbins
Ixeris denticulata sonchifolia (Maxim.) Stebbins
Ixeris serotina (Maxim.) Kitag.
Lactuca bungeana Nakai
Lactuca denticulata sonchifolia (Maxim.) Maxim.
Lactuca elegans Franch.
Lactuca sonchifolia (Maxim.) Debeaux ex Debeaux
Paraixeris serotina (Maxim.) Tzvelev
Paraixeris sonchifolia (Maxim.) Tzvelev
Youngia serotina Maxim.
Youngia sonchifolia Maxim.
Common Name:
General Information
Ixeris sonchfolia is a perennial plant that can grow up to 50cm tall
The plant is harvested from the wild for lcal use as a food. It is sometimes cultivated as a food crop and the young leaves are sold in local food markets in Korea.
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
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.
Range
E. Asia - Mongolia, China, Korea.
Habitat
Roadsides on mountain slopes, plains, floodplains, on rock at elevations of 100 - 2700 metres in China[
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.
].
Properties
| Edibility Rating |  |
| Habit | Perennial |
| Height | 0.50 m |
| Pollinators | Insects |
| Cultivation Status | Cultivated, Wild |
Cultivation Details
We suggest growing it in a sunny position and a well-drained soil.
Edible Uses
Young leaves - cooked[
105- Title
- Tanaka's Cyclopedia of Edible Plants of the World.
- Publication
-
- Author
- Tanaka. T. & Nakao S.
- Publisher
- Keigaku Publishing; Tokyo
- Year
- 1976
- ISBN
- -
- Description
- The most comprehensive list of edible plants I've come across. Only the briefest entry for each species, though, and some of the entries are more than a little dubious. Not for the casual reader.
,
177- Title
- Plants for Human Consumption.
- Publication
-
- Author
- Kunkel. G.
- Publisher
- Koeltz Scientific Books
- Year
- 1984
- ISBN
- 3874292169
- Description
- An excellent book for the dedicated. A comprehensive listing of Latin names with a brief list of edible parts.
,
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
-
].
Medicinal
None known
Other Uses
None known
Propagation
Seed - we have no information on this species but suggest sowing the seed in a cold frame in spring and only just covering the seed. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and plant them out in the summer.
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