Edible: Flowers, Fruit, Leaves
A herb. It grows to 75-90 cm high and is 45-60 cm wide. The leaves are large and broadly sword shaped. They are 8-15 cm long. The flowers are small and white. They are in a tapering spike.
It is a temperate plant. It grows in wet ravines and grassy mountain slopes between 300-2,100 m above sea level in southern China. It suits hardiness zones 4-9. Hobart Botanical Gardens. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
Common Names: Gooseneck, Hairy loose-strife, Lymac liettra, Oka-tora-no-o