Asteraceae FAMILY

Antennaria dioica

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Antennaria dioica is a perennial plant growing from a woody rootstock. The plant forms a rosette of leaves from which several offsets develop - these root to form a mat of low growth. Each rosette produces one or more flowering stems from 3- 30cm tall[ 73 Title Flora of the Cape Peninsula. Publication Author Adamson. and Salter. Publisher Year ISBN Description A good flora but rather short on details of habitat. Not for the casual reader. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. It is often grown as an ornamental, making a good ground cover. The flowers are sometimes cut and used as 'everlasting flowers' since they dry well and keep their colour[ 7 Title Encyclopaedia of Medicinal Plants. Publication Author Chiej. R. Publisher MacDonald Year 1984 ISBN 0-356-10541-5 Description Covers plants growing in Europe. Also gives other interesting information on the plants. Good photographs. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeWidespread in temperate regions of Europe and northern and central Asia from the Atlantic Ocean to northern China and Japan; N. America - Alaska

HabitatMountain grassland, heaths, dry pastures and woodland edges, usually on calcareous soils[ 9 Title Edible and Medicinal Plants. Publication Author Launert. E. Publisher Hamlyn Year 1981 ISBN 0-600-37216-2 Description Covers plants in Europe. a drawing of each plant, quite a bit of interesting information. , 13 Title Hamlyn Encyclopaedia of Plants. Publication Author Triska. Dr. Publisher Hamlyn Year 1975 ISBN 0-600-33545-3 Description Very interesting reading, giving some details of plant uses and quite a lot of folk-lore. , 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. ]. Dry slopes on tundra, meadows, conifer forests; at elevations from 600 - 2,700 metres in northern China[ 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. ].