Dryopetalon runcinatum A.Gray

Annuals or biennials; usually sparsely to densely hirsute proximally, rarely glabrous throughout. Stems erect, unbranched or branched basally, branched distally, 2-8 dm. Basal leaves: petiole (1-)2-6(-8) cm; blade spatulate to obovate in outline, lyrate, pinnatifid, or bipinnately lobed, (2-)4-20(-25) cm × 30-80 mm, surfaces glabrous or hirsute. Cauline leaves shortly petiolate or sessile; blade base not auriculate, similar to basal, smaller distally. Racemes lax or dense. Fruiting pedicels divaricate-ascending, 5-15(-20) mm, glabrous or pubescent. Flowers: sepals (2.5-)3.5-4.5(-5) × 1.5-2 mm; petals white to purplish, spatulate, 6-9(-11) × 2.5-3.5(-4.5) mm, claw 2.5-4(-5) mm, margins pinnatifid, 5-7(-11)-lobed, papillate basally; filaments papillate basally, median pairs 3-5 mm, lateral pair 2.5-4 mm; anthers oblong, 0.7-1 mm. Fruits linear, (straight or arcuate), 2-6 cm × 0.5-1.2 mm; ovules 60-110 per ovary; style 0.1-0.7(-1) mm. Seeds 0.6-0.8 × 0.4-0.6 mm, not winged. 2n = 24.

It is a tropical plant. It grows between 75-1,800 m above sea level.

The leaves are cooked and eaten as a green. The seeds are mixed with water or milk and sugar and eaten as a porridge.