Apiaceae FAMILY
Lagoecia cuminoides
Lagoecia cuminoides
Edibility
2/5
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
Lagoecia cuminoides is an annual plant that can grow around 5 - 55cm tall[ 1548 Title Flora Iberica Publication Author Website http://www.floraiberica.es Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Published in book form, the treatments of the various species have also been released on-line in PDF format. Records entered here are all from the on-line PDFs. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeMediterranean - Portugal, Spain, Italy, Libya, Albania Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey, Lebanon, Palestine and east to Iran
HabitatAmongst annual grasses and other more or less ephemerals, in scrub clearings, ditches, etc., generally in limestone or loam soils[ 1548 Title Flora Iberica Publication Author Website http://www.floraiberica.es Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Published in book form, the treatments of the various species have also been released on-line in PDF format. Records entered here are all from the on-line PDFs. ]. In Israel, it grows in herbaceous plant communities and bathas of the Mediterranean territory.