Poaceae FAMILY

Puccinellia distans

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Puccinellia distans is a perennial plant that can grow up to 0.60 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEurope, including Britain, to eastern Asia in Siberia, China, Japan and Korea.

HabitatSalt marshes, muddy estuaries and occasionally on sandy ground inland[ 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. ]. Saline moist grassy places, field banks, river valleys, lowland saline abandoned meadows, 100 - 2000 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. ].