Patrinia scabiosifolia Link

A herb which keeps growing from year to year. It grows 0.9-1.8 m high and spreads 45-60 cm wide. There a several stems from a central mound. These have a few leaves. The leaves are divided and have deep teeth. They are oblong to oval. The flowers are yellow and in open panicles at the ends of the stems.

Forests, forest margins, thickets, grassy areas, roadsides; at elevations from 400-2,600 metres. Sunny grassy places in hills and mountains all over Japan.

The young plant, stem tips and flower buds are eaten steamed, fried, oil-roasted, preserved, in soups or parboiled and dried for later use.

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.