Asteraceae FAMILY

Heliopsis buphthalmoides

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Heliopsis buphthalmoides is a much-branched, herbaceous perennial plant with erect or decumbent stems that sometimes root at the lower nodes; it can grow up to 100cm tall[ 331 Title Flora of Guatemala Publication Author Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Year 1946 - 1976 ISBN Description A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/ , 2016 Title Taxonomy of the genus Heliopsis (Compositae) Publication The Ohio Journal of Science 57(3): 171-191, May, 1957 Author Fisher T.R. Publisher Year 1957 ISBN Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, northern Brazil, French Guiana; through central America to central Mexico

HabitatDamp or wet thickets or oak forest, sometimes as a weed in coffee plantations; at elevations from 750 - 3,000 metres[ 331 Title Flora of Guatemala Publication Author Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Year 1946 - 1976 ISBN Description A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/ ].