Orchidaceae FAMILY
Orchis ustulata
Orchis ustulata
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Orchis ustulata is a Bulb up to 0.20 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeEurope, including Britain, from Scandanavia south and east to Spain, the Caucasus and Siberia.
HabitatChalk downs and limestone pastures[ 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. ], it is also found in marshy places[ 42 Title Hardy Bulbs.; Including Half-hardy Bulbs and Tuberous and Fiberous-rooted Plants Publication Author Grey. C. H. Publisher Williams & Norgate. Year 1938 ISBN - Description Rather dated now, but an immense work on bulbs for temperate zones and how to grow them. Three large volumes. ].