Asteraceae FAMILY

Tripolium pannonicum

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Tripolium pannonicum is a somewhat succulent, annual to short-lived perennial plant producing one or more stout, erect to spreading stems 15 - 100cm tall from a short, swollen, suberect rhizome[ 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. , 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. ]. The plant is sometimres harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeWidespread in coastal areas and saline areas inland from Europe through southwest and central Asia to Mongolia, China, Japan, Korea

HabitatSalt marshes and maritime cliffs[ 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. ]. Salt marshes, salt marsh meadows, moist meadows, open sandy areas, littoral, riversides; at elevations up to 2,500 metres[ 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. ].