Asteraceae FAMILY

Laggera crispata

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Laggera crispata is an erect, much-branched, annual plant growing 40 - 100cm 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 medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa; E. Asia - southern China, India, Bhutan, Thailand, Vietnam

HabitatA weedy herb, growing on dry hill slopes, old clearings, upland rice fields, and wastelands; at elevations up to 2,000 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. ].