Caryophyllaceae FAMILY
Myosoton aquaticum
Myosoton aquaticum
Edibility
1/5
Medicinal
1/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Myosoton aquaticum is a Annual/Perennial up to 0.60 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeEurope, including Britain but excluding the Arctic, east through temperate Asia.
HabitatMarshes, fens, streamsides, ditches and damp woods at low altitudes[ 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. ].