Brassicaceae FAMILY

Lepidium apetalum

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Lepidium apetalum is a Annual/Biennial up to 0.30 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEurope to E. Asia - China and Korea.

HabitatSteppes, solonetzic soils, roadsides and weed-infested places[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. Roadsides, slopes, waste places, ravines, plains and fields at elevations of 400 - 4800 metres in China[ 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. ].