Asteraceae FAMILY
Hypochaeris radicata
Hypochaeris radicata
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
1/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Hypochaeris radicata is a perennial plant that can grow 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, including Britain, from Scandanavia south and east to N. Africa and western Asia.
HabitatMeadws and dry pastures, grassy dunes, waysides and open woods[ 5 Title Food for Free. Publication Author Mabey. R. Publisher Collins Year 1974 ISBN 0-00-219060-5 Description Edible wild plants found in Britain. Fairly comprehensive, very few pictures and rather optimistic on the desirability of some of the plants. , 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ].