Ericaceae FAMILY

Orthilia secunda

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Orthilia secunda is a Evergreen Perennial up to 0.10 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEurope, including Britain, from Iceland south and east to the Pyrenees and Asia. N. America.

HabitatDamp coniferous woods and on damp rock ledges[ 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. , 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. ].