Caryophyllaceae FAMILY

Vaccaria hispanica

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Vaccaria hispanica is an annual plant that can grow up to 0.60 metres tall. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeC. and S. Europe, north to Belgium. An introduced and not infrequent casual in Britain[ 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. ].

HabitatA weed of cultivated fields[ 50 Title Flora Europaea Publication Author ? Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1964 ISBN - Description An immense work in 6 volumes (including the index). The standard reference flora for Europe, it is very terse though and with very little extra information. Not for the casual reader. ].