Asteraceae FAMILY

Centaurea nigra

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Centaurea nigra is a perennial plant that can grow up to 0.60 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeWestern Europe, including Britain, from Spain to Norway, east to Germany and Switzerland.

HabitatGrassland, waysides, cliffs etc to 600 metres[ 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. ].