Apiaceae FAMILY

Bupleurum rotundifolium

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Bupleurum rotundifolium is an erect, annual plant with a stem that usually branches in its upper part; it can grow 15 - 75cm tall[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEurope - Spain to southern Russia, south to Italy and Greece; W. Asia - Caucasus; N. Africa - Algeria

HabitatCornfields, waste places and waysides, often as a weed of cultivated land[ 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. , 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. ]. Fields, fallow land, populated areas, apparently always as a weed[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].