Adenophora remotiflora Miq.

Stems single, 40-100 cm tall, glabrous, usually simple. Cauline leaves long petiolate; blade typically ovate to ovate-lanceolate, rarely ovate-orbicular, 5-13 × 2-7 cm, membranous, glabrous, base mostly truncate, rounded, or obtuse, rarely cordate, margin serrate or doubly serrate, apex usually acuminate; petiole up to 3 cm. Flowers often solitary on pedicels, less frequently in several-flowered cymes, forming a pseudoraceme or narrow panicle. Hypanthium obovoid or obovoid-obconic, glabrous; calyx lobes lanceolate, 7-12 × 1.5-2 mm, margin entire. Corolla blue, campanulate, 2-3.5 cm; lobes 7-12 mm. Disk cylindrical, 2.5-3 mm, ca. 1 mm in diam. Capsule obovoid, 5-8 × 4-7 mm. Seeds narrowly oblong, slightly curved, ca. 1 mm. Fl. Jul-Aug, fr. Aug-Sep. 2n = 34, 36.

It grows best in a light rich slightly alkaline soil. It needs a sunny position. It does not like having its roots disturbed.

The root is eaten raw or cooked. The young shoots are eaten cooked. They are fried and eaten in soup. The root is often cooked with 2 changes of water.

Plants can be grown from seed. Seeds germinate in 1-3 months at 10°C. They can be transplanted or sown direct. Plants can also be grown from cuttings.