Gentianaceae FAMILY
Blackstonia perfoliata
Blackstonia perfoliata
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Blackstonia perfoliata is an erect, annual plant producing a basal rosette of leaves and a flowering stem, that can be branched or unbranched; it can grow 15 - 45cm tall[ 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. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a dye.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeEurope - Britain and Germany, south to Spain east to Ukraine and Greece; Asia - Turley south to Israel; Africa - Morocco to Tunisia
HabitatCalcareous grassland and on dunes[ 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. ].