Asteraceae FAMILY

Prenanthes alba

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Prenanthes alba 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 RangeNorth-eastern N. America - Maine to Georgia, west to Saskathewan and Arkansas.

HabitatRich woods and thickets[ 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. ]. Sandy oak-scrub, open oak-hickory woods, deciduous forests, dunes, creek banks, road cuts at elevations of 100 - 200 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. ].