Ainsliaea acerifolia

Ainsliaea acerifolia, the maple-leaf ainsliaea, is a perennial herb of the family Asteraceae native to temperate East Asia, including Korea and Japan, where it grows on shaded forest floors and slopes in deciduous and mixed woodland. It produces a rosette of long-petioled leaves clustered near the base of the stem; the leaf blades are broadly rounded and palmately lobed, strongly resembling a maple leaf, with toothed margins and often a sparse covering of hairs. A slender, nearly leafless flowering stem rises above the foliage in late summer and autumn, bearing a slender raceme or panicle of small, tubular, whitish flower heads, each head typically containing a few bilabiate (two-lipped) florets characteristic of the genus. The dry fruits bear a feathery pappus that aids wind dispersal. The young leaves are gathered in spring as a wild edible green.