The plants that can be used to make green dumplings are: mugwort, quinoa, sage, marjoram, and ramie.

1, mugwort

Mugwort, the main ingredient for making green dumplings, is widely distributed in China, and is the most common plant in rural areas, except for very arid and alpine areas, which are almost all over China.

2, quinoa

This is a kind of wild vegetables only exist in the south, young stems and leaves, rhizomes, also known as Artemisia vulgaris, water wormwood, water artemisia, etc., like to grow in the place where there is water, such as the river, swamp.

3, sagebrush

Sagebrush will bloom small yellow flowers every Qingming Festival, then, just take off its stems and leaves, clean it, then blanch it, chop it up, add glutinous rice flour or rice flour, mix it well, knead it into a cake and steam it.

4, Malan head

Malan head can not only be eaten as a wild vegetable, but also a kind of wild vegetable suitable for the production of green dumplings, with a unique flavor and nutritional value. The method of operation is the same, chopped, add glutinous rice flour or rice flour, mix well, kneaded into cakes, steamed.

5, ramie

Ramie has been a very important cash crop in the past, also known as "Chinese grass", ramie leaves are also edible, can be used as a wild vegetable or green dough.