Fabaceae FAMILY

Scorpiurus vermiculatus

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Scorpiurus vermiculatus is an annual plant, somewhat branching near the base, and growing up to 40cm tall[ 1548 Title Flora Iberica Publication Author Website http://www.floraiberica.es Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Published in book form, the treatments of the various species have also been released on-line in PDF format. Records entered here are all from the on-line PDFs. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It has been cultivated on a small scale in Argentina as a spicy addition to salads.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeMediterranean region - Portugal to Greece; Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia; Macaronesia

HabitatFields and waste ground[ 89 Title Flowers of the Mediterranean. Publication Author Polunin. O. and Huxley. A. Publisher Hogarth Press Year 1987 ISBN 0-7012-0784-1 Description A very readable pocket flora that is well illustrated. Gives some information on plant uses. ]. Grassland in open groves of chestnuts, pine nutsoak trees etc, amongst crops of grapevines and olives, etc., in both basic and acid soils; at elevations up to 900 metres[ 1548 Title Flora Iberica Publication Author Website http://www.floraiberica.es Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Published in book form, the treatments of the various species have also been released on-line in PDF format. Records entered here are all from the on-line PDFs. ].