Heteropappus hispidus

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Taxonomy and growth

Family: Compositae
Genus: Heteropappus
Life cycle: biennial
Height: 0.3 m
Fertility: Insects
Flower type: hermaphrodite
Pollinators: Insects

Uses

Edible uses

Young leaves - cooked^[1]^[2]^[3].

Plant part: Leaves

Environment

Range: E. Asia - Japan, Formosa and Manchuria.
Habitat: In open fields and grasslands in lowland areas of C. and S. Japan^[6]^[5].
Light: full sun
Shade tolerance: no shade
Water: moderate
Hardiness: Zone 7+
Soil textures: sandy, loamy, clay
Soil pH: acid, neutral, alkaline
Tolerates Nutritionally Poor Soil: No
Drought: intolerant

Propagation

Seed - sow early spring in a greenhouse and only just cover the seed. Prick out the seedlings when they are large enough to handle into individual pots and grow them on in the greenhouse for their first winter. Plant them out in late spring or early summer of the following year. Division in spring.

Cultivation

Thrives in a rich fertile moisture-retentive soil in full sun^[4].

References

Tanaka. T. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World. Keigaku Publishing 1976-00-00
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Kunkel. G. Plants for Human Consumption. Koeltz Scientific Books 1984-00-00 ISBN 3874292169
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Reid. B. E. Famine Foods of the Chiu-Huang Pen-ts'ao. Taipei. Southern Materials Centre 1977-00-00
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Huxley. A. The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. MacMillan Press 1992-00-00 ISBN 0-333-47494-5
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Flora of Japan www.foj.info
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Ohwi. G. Flora of Japan. (English translation) Smithsonian Institution 1965-00-00
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