Saxifragaceae FAMILY
Chrysosplenium oppositifolium
Chrysosplenium oppositifolium
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Chrysosplenium oppositifolium is a perennial plant that can grow up to 0.15 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of materials.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeWestern and central Europe, including Britain, from Norway to Spain, east to Germany and N. Italy.
HabitatAcid soils[ 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. ] on the banks of springs and wet shady mountainsides[ 5 Title Food for Free. Publication Author Mabey. R. Publisher Collins Year 1974 ISBN 0-00-219060-5 Description Edible wild plants found in Britain. Fairly comprehensive, very few pictures and rather optimistic on the desirability of some of the plants. , 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. , 52 Title Salads all the Year Round. Publication Author Larkcom. J. Publisher Hamlyn Year 1980 ISBN Description A good and comprehensive guide to temperate salad plants, with full organic details of cultivation. ].