Asteraceae FAMILY

Hieracium umbellatum

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Hieracium umbellatum is a herbaceous perennial plant that can grow up to 75cm tall The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine. The young leaves are sold in local food markets in Korea[ 1665 Title Wild Food Plants in South Korea; Market Presence, New Crops, and Exports to the United States Publication Economic Botany, Vol. 50, No. 1 (Jan. - Mar., 1996), pp. 57-70 Author Pemberton R.W. & Nam Sook Lee Website http://www.jstor.org/stable/4255805 Publisher Year 1996 ISBN Description ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeMost of Europe, including Britain, to N. Asia and N. America.

HabitatRoadsides, banks, open woods, copses, heaths and rocks, mainly in lowland areas[ 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. ].