Asteraceae FAMILY
Cirsium foliosum
Cirsium foliosum
Edibility
3/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Cirsium foliosum is a biennial to short-lived perennial plant growing from a taproot; it produces a single, erect, stout and more or less fleshy stem around 25 - 70cm tall. The plant usually flowers in its second or third year of growth, dying after flowering[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of materials.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeNorthwestern North America - Yukon, Northwest Territory, British Columbia, Alberta, Wyoming
HabitatSwales and other moderately moist and badly drained sites[ 60 Title Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. Publication Author Hitchcock. C. L. Publisher University of Washington Press Year 1955 ISBN - Description A standard flora for Western N. America with lots of information on habitat etc. Five large volumes, it is not for the casual reader. ]. Moist soil, grasslands, meadows, edges and openings in boreal forest, subalpine forests and alpine slopes; at elevations from 150 - 2,600 metres[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].