Gentianaceae FAMILY

Comastoma tenellum

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Comastoma tenellum is an erect to ascending annual plant, branched from the base, and growing around 5 - 12cm tall[ 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. , 2160 Title Illustrated Flora of Tajikistan and adjacent areas Publication Author Nowak. A. & Nobis M. Editors) Publisher Polish Botanical Society, Warsaw, Poland Year 2020 ISBN 978-83-954123-5-6 Description An excellent book, with one or more good photographs and terse information on 1,864 species of plants from Tajikistan - and it is made available free on a Creative Commons licence. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeWidespread in temperate, arctic and mountainous regions of the northern Hemisphere in N. America, Asia, Europe and N. Africa (Morocco)

HabitatAlpine meadows, alpine swards[ 2160 Title Illustrated Flora of Tajikistan and adjacent areas Publication Author Nowak. A. & Nobis M. Editors) Publisher Polish Botanical Society, Warsaw, Poland Year 2020 ISBN 978-83-954123-5-6 Description An excellent book, with one or more good photographs and terse information on 1,864 species of plants from Tajikistan - and it is made available free on a Creative Commons licence. ]. Hillsides and wet places; at elevations around 2,160 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. ].