Ericaceae FAMILY
Moneses uniflora
Moneses uniflora
Edibility
1/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Moneses uniflora is a Evergreen Perennial up to 0.10 metres tall. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeEurope, including Britain, from Iceland south and east to Spain, N. Asia to Japan, N. America.
HabitatPine woods, the margins of moist woods in shady mossy places often in a bed of pine needles, avoiding calcareous soils[ 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. ].