Asteraceae FAMILY
Cirsium hookerianum
Cirsium hookerianum
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Cirsium hookerianum is a biennial to short-lived perennial plant growing from a taproot; it produces a single, erect stem (occasionally several ascending stems), growing around 20 - 150cm tall. The plant is usually monocarpic - flowering in either its second or third year and then dying[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of materials.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeWestern N. America - British Columbia, Alberta, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming.
HabitatMoist bottoms, open rocky slopes and cultivated fields[ 60 Title Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. Publication Author Hitchcock. C. L. Publisher University of Washington Press Year 1955 ISBN - Description A standard flora for Western N. America with lots of information on habitat etc. Five large volumes, it is not for the casual reader. ]. Moist soil, grasslands, aspen parkland, forest edges and openings, subalpine, alpine meadows at elevations of 600 - 2900 metres[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].