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Lycopodiaceae FAMILY

Lycopodium annotinum

Lycopodium annotinum

Edibility
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Medicinal
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Safety & Hazards

The plant contains lycopodine, which is poisonous by paralysing the motor nerves[ 21 Title The Herb Book. Publication Author Lust. J. Publisher Bantam books Year 1983 ISBN 0-553-23827-2 Description Lots of information tightly crammed into a fairly small book. , 218 Title Medicinal Plants of China Publication Author Duke. J. A. and Ayensu. E. S. Publisher Reference Publications, Inc. Year 1985 ISBN 0-917256-20-4 Description Details of over 1,200 medicinal plants of China and brief details of their uses. Often includes an analysis, or at least a list of constituents. Heavy going if you are not into the subject. ]. It also contains clavatine which is toxic to many mammals[ 218 Title Medicinal Plants of China Publication Author Duke. J. A. and Ayensu. E. S. Publisher Reference Publications, Inc. Year 1985 ISBN 0-917256-20-4 Description Details of over 1,200 medicinal plants of China and brief details of their uses. Often includes an analysis, or at least a list of constituents. Heavy going if you are not into the subject. ]. The spores, however, are not toxic[ 21 Title The Herb Book. Publication Author Lust. J. Publisher Bantam books Year 1983 ISBN 0-553-23827-2 Description Lots of information tightly crammed into a fairly small book. ].

Botanical Description

Lycopodium annotinum is a Evergreen Fern up to 0.50 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of materials.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate
Native RangeArctic and N. temperate zone, including Britain, south to Spain, the Himalayas and Oregon.
HabitatMoors on mountains from 50 - 800 metres in northern Britain[ 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. ].