Asteraceae FAMILY

Cirsium verutum

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Cirsium verutum is a prickly, herbaceous perennial plant producing a basal cluster of leaves and an erect stem that can grow around 100 - 150cm tall[ 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. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of materials.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - Afghanistan, Pakistan, northern India, Nepal, Bhutan, southern China (Xizang), Myanmar, Vietnam

HabitatCultivated areas, forest clearings, at elevations from 740 - 2,200 metres[ 51 Title Flowers of the Himalayas. Publication Author Polunin. O. and Stainton. A. Publisher Oxford Universtiy Press Year 1984 ISBN - Description A very readable and good pocket guide (if you have a very large pocket!) to many of the wild plants in the Himalayas. Gives many examples of plant uses. ]. Slopes, forests and forest margins; at elevations from 2,900 - 3,900 metres[ 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. ].