Brassicaceae FAMILY
Lepidium latifolium
Lepidium latifolium
Edibility
3/5
Medicinal
1/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Lepidium latifolium is a perennial plant that can grow up to 1.20 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of materials.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeEurope, including Britain, from Scandanavia south and east to N. Africa and W. Asia.
HabitatSalt marshes and wet sands[ 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. ] on the south and east coasts[ 5 Title Food for Free. Publication Author Mabey. R. Publisher Collins Year 1974 ISBN 0-00-219060-5 Description Edible wild plants found in Britain. Fairly comprehensive, very few pictures and rather optimistic on the desirability of some of the plants. ].