Onagraceae FAMILY

Circaea cordata

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Circaea cordata is a herbaceous perennial plant growing from a rhizomatous rootstock. It can grow 20 - 150cm tall, spreading by the roots and forming colonies[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for use in commercial cosmetic products.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - Pakistan, northern India, Nepal, southern and eastern China, Japan, Korea, Russian Far East

HabitatWell-drained soils in mixed deciduous, rarely boreal, forests; at elevations from near sea level to 3,500 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].