Brassicaceae FAMILY
Descurainia sophia
Descurainia sophia
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Descurainia sophia is a Annual/Biennial up to 0.90 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of materials.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeEurope to Asia. Possibly native to Britain[ 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. ].
HabitatWaste ground and roadsides[ 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. ].