Hydrocharitaceae FAMILY

Stratiotes aloides

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Stratiotes aloides is a perennial plant that can grow up to 1.00 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine..

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEurope, including Britain, to northwestern Asia.

HabitatBroads, ponds and ditches in calcareous districts[ 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. ]. It is very local and probably diminishing[ 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. ].