Asteraceae FAMILY
Picris hieracioides
Picris hieracioides
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
1/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Picris hieracioides is a Biennial/Perennial up to 0.90 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeEurope, including Britain, from Scandanavia south and east to Spain, the Balkans, W. and C. Asia.
HabitatGrassland and waysides on 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. ].