Celastraceae FAMILY

Parnassia palustris

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

Poisonous[ 4 Title A Modern Herbal. Publication Author Grieve. Publisher Penguin Year 1984 ISBN 0-14-046-440-9 Description Not so modern (1930's?) but lots of information, mainly temperate plants. ].

Botanical Description

Parnassia palustris is a Evergreen Perennial up to 0.30 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine..

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEurope, including Britain, from Scandanavia south and east to Spain, Greece and temperate Asia.

HabitatWet moorland, marshes and raised bogs to quite a high altitude[ 7 Title Encyclopaedia of Medicinal Plants. Publication Author Chiej. R. Publisher MacDonald Year 1984 ISBN 0-356-10541-5 Description Covers plants growing in Europe. Also gives other interesting information on the plants. Good photographs. , 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. ].