Asteraceae FAMILY
Galatella hauptii
Galatella hauptii
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Galatella hauptii is a herbaceous perennial plant with a robust, woody, rhizomatous rootstock. The plant produces one to several, erect to ascending stems 20 - 50cm tall[ 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 sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental in gardens.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeE. Asia - central Asia, Siberia, Mongolia, western China
HabitatSteppes, stony slopes and shrubby formations, mainly in the mid-mountain zone[ 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. ]. Mountain slopes, grasslands, stony slopes; at elevations from 1,100 - 1,800 metres in western China.