Asteraceae FAMILY

Vernonia glauca

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Vernonia glauca is a perennial plant that can grow up to 1.50 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine..

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEastern N. America - Massachusetts to Georgia, west to Alabama.

HabitatRich woods[ 222 Title A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants. Eastern and Central N. America. Publication Author Foster. S. & Duke. J. A. Publisher Houghton Mifflin Co. Year 1990 ISBN 0395467225 Description A concise book dealing with almost 500 species. A line drawing of each plant is included plus colour photographs of about 100 species. Very good as a field guide, it only gives brief details about the plants medicinal properties. ]. Dry fields, marshes at elevations of 10 - 400 metres[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].