Nartheciaceae FAMILY

Aletris pauciflora

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Aletris pauciflora is a herbaceous, perennial plant producing one or more basal rosettes of leaves 3 - 25cm long from a thickened, fleshy, rhizomatous rootstock. Erect, flowering stems 5 - 60cm long are produced in spring and summer[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - southwest China, India, Nepal, Bhutan, northern Myanmar.

HabitatMixed, coniferous, and broad-leaved forests, scrub, bamboo scrub, swamps, marshes, bogs, stream banks, wet flushes, damp meadows, grassy alpine slopes, open stony pastures, exposed ridges, river gravels, moraines, rocks; 1,500 - 4,900 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].