Ye zhi ma
Lamium barbatum

Family: Lamiaceae

What it is like

A herb which keeps growing from year to year. The stems are 1 m tall. They do not have branches. The leaf stalk of the leaves at the base are 7 cm long. They are shorter higher up. The leaf blade near the base is oval or heart shaped and 4.5-8.5 cm long by 3.5-5 cm wide. The upper leaves are more sword shaped and are edges are curved inwards. There are 4-14 flowers. The flowers are yellow or white.

There are about 50 Lamium species.

Where it is found

It is a temperate plant. In China it grows in fields and waste places between 800-2600 m altitude. In Sichuan.

Countries/locations it is found in

Asia, China, Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Russia

How it is used for food

Young plants are eaten.

Edible parts

Leaves

How it is grown

Its other names

Local names

Synonyms

Lamium album L. var. barbatum (Siebold & Zuccarini) Franchet & Savatier; Lamium barbatum var. glabrescens C.Y.Yu & Hsuan; Lamium barbatum var. rigidum C.Y.Wu & Hsuan;