Boraginaceae FAMILY

Arnebia benthamii

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Arnebia benthamii is a herbaceous, perennial plant producing a cluster of basal leaves and a flowering stem up to 90cm tall from a thick rootstock[ 1079 Title Journal of the Arnold Arboretum Vol. 52 Publication Author Publisher Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University; Boston Year 1971 ISBN Description A botanical journal, amongst the articles is a series of revisions of genera in the Boraginaceae in India. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of dyestuff.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - Himalayas from Pakistan to western Nepal.

HabitatOpen slopes and shrubberies; at elevations from 3,000 - 4,300 metres[ 51 Title Flowers of the Himalayas. Publication Author Polunin. O. and Stainton. A. Publisher Oxford Universtiy Press Year 1984 ISBN - Description A very readable and good pocket guide (if you have a very large pocket!) to many of the wild plants in the Himalayas. Gives many examples of plant uses. ].