Asteraceae FAMILY
Crepis sancta
Crepis sancta
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Crepis sancta is an annual plant with a slender root system; it forms a basal rosette and one or more stems around 10 - 60cm tall[ 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. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeEurasia - Baltic States to Britain and Spain, east through the Caucasus, Turkey and Arabia to Afghanistan and Pakistan
HabitatSteppe, on stony, clayey and sandy-clayey places, forest glades and dry herb slopes, rocks and talus among thickets of shrubs, old fields and weedy places; at elevations from lowland to 1,700 metres[ 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. ].