Annesorhiza grandiflora (Thunb.) M.Hiroe

Roots at least 6, slightly and evenly fleshy (except for Stirton & Zantovska 11437 where roots are very fleshy), purported to have a sweet taste. Leaves usually coarsely dissected, very hairy to sparsely hairy, often present during flowering and fruiting, leaf bases persist as somewhat inconspicuous fibres. Petioles up to ± 200 mm long, hairy. Basal pinnae with petiolules up to ± 80 mm long, sometimes partly bipinnate. Upper pinnae pinnate, pinnule base often inequilateral. Ultimate leaflet segments relatively large, ovate, base usually fairly broad, margins indented to varying depths. Inflorescence scape up to ± 2 m and striated with usually 4-8 umbels per scape, main umbel with 3-7 rays. Involucral bracts relatively large, persistent. Involucel of small narrowly ovate bracteoles, more numerous than involucral bracts. Calyx lobes cusp-like, up to 0.3 mm long. Petals yellow. Fruits ± 6-7 mm long, ± 2-3 mm wide, mericarps homomorphic, without wings. The recorded flowering time is mainly October and November with occasional records continuing into February.

It is a subtropical plant.

The roots are used as a vegetable.