Brassicaceae FAMILY
Arabis sagittata
Arabis sagittata
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Arabis sagittata is an erect, annual plant with an unbranched stem growing 20 - 135cm tall[ 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. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeEurope - Russia to Spain (excluding Sandanavia, the Baltic States and Belarus), east to Greece, Ukraine and the Caucasus.
HabitatDry calcareous slopes, central and southern Europe[ 50 Title Flora Europaea Publication Author ? Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1964 ISBN - Description An immense work in 6 volumes (including the index). The standard reference flora for Europe, it is very terse though and with very little extra information. Not for the casual reader. ]. Dry meadows, steppes, mountain slopes, dry hills, forest margins, and dry forest clearings[ 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. ].