Sui ban fan lu
Stellaria radians

Family: Caryophyllaceae

What it is like

A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It is woolly. The stems are erect and 4 sided. It grows 40-60 cm tall. The leaves are a long sword shape. They are 3-12 cm long by 2-3 cm wide.

There are about 130 Stellaria species. They are mostly in temperate regions.

Where it is found

It is a temperate plant. It grows in hill scrublands, forest margins between 300–500 m altitude in China.

Countries/locations it is found in

Asia, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Russia, Siberia

How it is used for food

Edible parts

Leaves

How it is grown

Its other names

Local names

Synonyms

Cerastium fimbriatum Ledebour (1815), not E. Pritzel (1900); Fimbripetalum radians (Linnaeus) Ikonnikov; Stellaria radians f. fimbriata (Ledebour) Kitagawa; Stellaria radians var. ovato-oblonga Koidzumi;