Dicranostigma lactucoides

Family: Papaveraceae

What it is like

A herb that keeps growing from year to year. It is thinly hairy. The stems and roots have a yellow juice. The leaves at the base are in a dense ring. They are narrowly sword shaped with lobes along the sides. The leaves on the stems are smaller and without stalks. The flowers are orange or yellow and on slender curved stalks. They can be at the top or in the axils of leaves along the stems. The fruit is a cylinder shaped curved capsule.

Where it is found

It is a temperate plant. In Nepal it grows between 2,700-4,200 m above sea level.

Countries/locations it is found in

Asia, China, Himalayas (country/location of origin), India, Nepal, Tibet

How it is used for food

The young leaves are cooked to make a thick soup. This is eaten with porridge or buckwheat bread.

Edible parts

Leaves

How it is grown

Its other names

Local names

Dudhe sag, Kogle sag, Kyerap, Rhafendhi, Talla metog, Tsa thank

Synonyms

Stylophorum lactucoides (Hook.f. & Thoms.) Benth. & Hook.f.;