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Food- Young leaves are cooked. Seeds are dried and ground into a meal. Medicine- The stems and the leaves are analgesic, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, astringent, cardiotonic, haemostatic, hypoglycaemic, taenicide and vasoconstrictor. It is traditionally used for abdominal pain, sore throat, headaches, and heat stroke.
Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal
It grows primarily in the temperate biome up to an elevation of 2500 m.
It is an annual or biennial herb.
Stems erect, 30-100 cm tall, with densely hairy in lower part.
Basal leaves are large, pinnate, and hairy. Stem leaves are similar but smaller. Leaflets abaxially densely pubescent or tomentose-pubescent between veins, sparsely glandular punctate, adaxially hirsute or hirtellous on veins.
Flowers are yellow, small measuring 6-9 mm in diameter with a hairy calyx and petals.
Fruits are small capsules with persistent sepals and many hooked prickles.
Flowering: July–September
Fruiting: August–October