Asteraceae FAMILY
Sphagneticola calendulacea
Sphagneticola calendulacea
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Sphagneticola calendulacea is a slender, spreading, herbaceous perennial plant, producing stems 50 - 80cm long that lie along the ground, ascending at their tips. The stems produce roots at their lower nodes[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local medicinal use and to purify water.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeE. Asia - China, Japan, India, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam.
HabitatOpen, waste places at sea level[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. On paddy ridges, in grassy fields and moist lowland depressions in the north, also common in littoral areas[ 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. ].