Asteraceae FAMILY

Sigesbeckia glabrescens

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Sigesbeckia glabrescens is an annual plant growing 35 - 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, and is also used commercially as an ingredient of skin conditioners.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - eastern and southern China, Japan, Korea

HabitatRoadsides, fields, thickets; at elevations from 300 - 2,500 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. ].