Asteraceae FAMILY
Picris echioides
Picris echioides
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Picris echioides is a Annual/Biennial up to 0.90 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeS. Europe. Possibly native but certainly established in Britain.
HabitatRoadsides, hedgebanks, field margins and waste places, usually on stiff and calcareous soils[ 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. ].