Carpesium divaricatum

Physical Characteristics

Carpesium divaricatum is a PERENNIAL growing to 1 m (3ft 3in). It is in flower from August to October, and the seeds ripen from September to October. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Insects. Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It prefers moist soil.

Distribution

E. Asia - China, Japan, Korea, Manchuria.

Habitats

Woodland Garden Dappled Shade; Shady Edge;

Edible Uses

Edible Parts: Leaves Edible Uses: Leaves - cooked[177].

Medicinal Uses

Carminative Depurative Febrifuge Vermifuge The root, or the whole plant, is carminative, depurative, febrifuge and vermifuge[147, 178]. A decoction is used in the treatment of acute enteritis, abdominal pains, abscesses, poisonous snakebites and arthralgia[147]. It is quite likely that it is the seeds that are used as a vermifuge - the book is rather vague but the seed of other members of this genus is vermicide[K].

Known Hazards

None known