Brassicaceae FAMILY

Arabis hirsuta

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Arabis hirsuta is an erect, herbaceous perennial (occasionally biennial) plant forming a rosette of leaves with a flowering stem growing 10 - 80cm 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 food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeMost of Europe, through northern and southwestern Asia to Iran, China, Japan.; N. America - Alaska to Quebec, south to California and Georgia

HabitatChalk and limestone slopes, limestone rocks and walls, dunes and dry banks[ 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. ]. Meadows, grassy slopes, roadsides, mixed forests; at elevations from 300 - 4,000 metres in China[ 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. ].