Saxifragaceae FAMILY
Chrysosplenium alternifolium
Chrysosplenium alternifolium
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Chrysosplenium alternifolium is a perennial plant that can grow up to 0.30 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of materials.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeEurope, including Britain, from Scandanavia south to C. France, east to C. Asia and the Himalayas.
HabitatAcid soils[ 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. ] by the sides of streams, wet rocks and wet ground in woods, usually in shade[ 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. ].