Apiaceae FAMILY

Bupleurum falcatum

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Bupleurum falcatum is a herbaceous, perennial plant producing a large cluster of erect stems that branch above; the plant grows 40 - 90cm tall from a stout, woody taproot[ 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, mainly for medicinal use but also for food. It is sold in local markets for medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeScattered throughout Europe, including Britain, and Asia north to the subarctic, east to Japan.

HabitatWaste places and hedgebanks[ 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. ]. Mountain slopes at elevations around 1,500 metres in western 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. ]. Slopes, especially calcareous, shrubs, rarely in forests[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].