Asteraceae FAMILY
Achyrocline flaccida
Achyrocline flaccida
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Achyrocline flaccida is a perennial plant with a woody rootstock and stem bases. The plant is sometimes gathered from the wild for local medicinal use.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeS. America - Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia.
HabitatMargins of woods in fertile soils[ 522 Title Compositae Newsletter No. 43 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher The Swedish Museum of Natural History; Stockholm. Year 2005 ISBN 0284-8422 Description Contains a catalogue of the Asteraceae of Chacoan Plin, Argentina. Terse information on each species, often including notes on plant uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].