Brassicaceae FAMILY

Lepidium perfoliatum

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Lepidium perfoliatum is a Annual/Biennial up to 0.30 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Europe to E. Asia. An introduced casual in Britain.

HabitatWaste places and dry sandy slopes from near sea level to 1000 metres in western China[ 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. ].