North eastern cow parsnip
Heracleum moellendorffii

Family: Apiaceae

What it is like

A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 1 m high. The roots are cone shaped and greyish-yellow. The stems are cylinder shaped and hollow. They have lines along them. The leaves are on long leaf stalks. These form a sheath at the base. The leaf blade is oval and 16-19 cm long by 15-16 cm wide. There are leaflets along the stalk. The side leaflets are 8-9 cm long by 5-6 cm wide. They have lobes along them.

Where it is found

It is a temperate plant. It is native to north eastern China and into Korea. It grows in alpine meadows and along streams up to 3,200 m above sea level. In Sichuan and Yunnan.

Countries/locations it is found in

Asia, China, Japan, Korea

How it is used for food

Young plants are gathered as a potherb.

It is a cultivated food plant.

Edible parts

Leaves

How it is grown

Its other names

Local names

Osuri

Synonyms

Heracleum dissectum subsp. moellendorffii (Hance) Vorosch.; and several others