Caryophyllaceae FAMILY

Silene nigrescens

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Silene nigrescens is a perennial plant growing from a creeping, branched rootstock. It produces a few to many, unbranched, ascending stems, growing 10 - 15cm 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. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - Himalayan regions of China (Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan) , Nepal, India, Bhutan, Myanmar

HabitatAlpine meadows, gravelly grasslands, shifting screes; at elevations from 3,000 - 4,500 metres in western China and the Himalayas[ 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. ].