Amaranthaceae FAMILY
Cycloloma atriplicifolium
Cycloloma atriplicifolium
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
1/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Cycloloma atriplicifolium is an annual plant that can grow up to 0.75 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of materials.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeCentral and Western N. America - northwards to Manitoba and Quebec. Naturalized in S. 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. ].
HabitatSandy soils in deserts[ 216 Title Ethnobotany of the Hopi Publication Author Whiting. A. F. Publisher North Arizona Society of Science and Art Year 1939 ISBN - Description A very good guide the the plant uses of the N. American Hopi Indians. ]. Along the sides of streams and on banks[ 235 Title An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada Publication Author Britton. N. L. Brown. A. Publisher Dover Publications. New York. Year 1970 ISBN 0-486-22642-5 Description Reprint of a 1913 Flora, but still a very useful book. ].