Asteraceae FAMILY

Dahlia sherffii

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Dahlia sherffii is a herbaceous perennial plant growing from a tuberous rootstock; it can grow around 60 - 130cm tall[ 2176 Title Revision of the Genus Dahlia (Compositae, Heliantheae - Coreopsidinae) Part 2 Publication Rhodora Vol. 71, July-September 1969, No. 787 pp 367-416 Author Sorensen P.D. Publisher Year 1969 ISBN Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. The tubers were widely eaten in pre-Colombian times, and although still used occasionally in the present day, their use is declining[ 1839 Title Use and Nutritional Composition of some Traditional Mountain Pima Plant Foods Publication J. Ethnobiol. 11(1):93-114 Summer 1991 Author Laferriere J.E.; Weber C.W. & Kohlhepp E.A. Publisher Year 1991 ISBN Description ]

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSouthern N. America - northern and western Mexico

HabitatOpen or lightly-wooded rocky slopes, ledges, fields, and roadside; at elevations from 1,800 - 2,550 metres[ 2176 Title Revision of the Genus Dahlia (Compositae, Heliantheae - Coreopsidinae) Part 2 Publication Rhodora Vol. 71, July-September 1969, No. 787 pp 367-416 Author Sorensen P.D. Publisher Year 1969 ISBN Description ].