However, from the description that 'Hahakogusa is also used for making kusamochi' which appears in "Fuzokumondo-tosho" (Question and Answer on Cultural Matters) compiled around 1813, it is clear that many districts used hahakogusa as an ingredient.
ただし、文化(元号)10年（1813年）ころの『風俗問答答書』には「草の餅はゝこ草をも用ひ候や」とあり、地方によってはハハコグサを用いる例も少なくなかった。