Lamiaceae FAMILY
Dracocephalum heterophyllum
Dracocephalum heterophyllum
Edibility
1/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Dracocephalum heterophyllum is a perennial plant that can grow up to 0.30 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeE. Asia - Himalayas from Pakistan to S.E. Tibet.
HabitatOpen slopes in dry areas[ 51 Title Flowers of the Himalayas. Publication Author Polunin. O. and Stainton. A. Publisher Oxford Universtiy Press Year 1984 ISBN - Description A very readable and good pocket guide (if you have a very large pocket!) to many of the wild plants in the Himalayas. Gives many examples of plant uses. ]. Stony slopes of mountain streams, pebbles, clayey, stony and sometimes sandy mountain slopes[ 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. ].