Berberidaceae FAMILY

Bongardia chrysogonum

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Bongardia chrysogonum is a herbaceous, perennial plant producing a rosette of leaves and a strongly-branched flowering stem; it can grow 30 - 50cm tall from a thickened tuber[ 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. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental in gardens.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeSoutheast Europe - Balkans, Greece; W. Asia - Turkey and the Caucasus to Kazakhstan, south to Syria, Iran and Afghanistan; N. Africa - Libya

HabitatSteppes, amongst field crops on clayey and solonetzic 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. ]. Fields, open stony hillsides and waste places[ 280 Title The Genus Epimedium and other Herbaceous Berberidaceae Publication Author Stearn. W. T. Publisher The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Year 2002 ISBN 1 84246 039 0 Description An excellent book covering all the herbaceous members of the Berberidaceae. Gives cultivation details as well as detailed botanical descriptions. Very well illustrated with photographs, paintings and line drawings. ].