Taraxacum sinicum
Family: Asteraceae
What it is like
A herb. It grows 8-15 cm tall. The leaf stalk is brownish-purple. The leaves are narrowly sword shaped ad 7-10 cm long by 1 cm wide. They are usually divided into lobes along the stalk. There are 5-7 narrow lobes.
There are 50-60 Taraxacum species.
Where it is found
It is a temperate plant. In north China is grows in slightly salty soils in temporarily wet grasslands between 600-2,000 m above sea level.
Countries/locations it is found in
Asia, China, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia
How it is used for food
Edible parts
Flowers, leaves, root