Brassicaceae FAMILY

Lepidium coronopus

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Coronopus squamatus is a Annual/Biennial up to 0.30 metres tall The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeThroughout Europe, including Britain, to the Mediterranean.

HabitatSands, mainly maritime, gravels and fields[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. Plants are found especially on trampled ground such as by gateways[ 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. ].