Boraginaceae FAMILY

Onosma bracteata

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Onosma bracteatum is a herbaceous perennial plant with stout, erect stems; it can grow up to 40cm tall[ 1503 Title Indian Medicinal Planta Publication Author Kirkitar K.R.; Basu B.D. & Indian Civil Service Publisher Sudhindra Nath Basu, BahadurGanj; India Year 1918 ISBN Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of materials..

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - western Himalayas from Uttar Pradesh to central Nepal and southern Tibet.

HabitatRocky slopes in dry areas; at elevations from 3,300 - 5,000 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. ].