Poaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Beckmannia eruciformis

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Beckmannia eruciformis is a perennial grass with erect culms 50 - 150cm tall growing from elongated rhizomes. The culms are swollen at the base, forming an ovoid corm. Plants grow taller when in shallow water[ 418 Title Ecocrop Publication Author Website http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available. ]. The plant can be harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of materials. The species has a very wide distribution and is not thought to be threatened across its range. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEurasia - Finland, south to Italy, east through Siberia and central Asia to the Russian Far East, through Turkey to Iran, .

HabitatWet meadows, swamps, marshes and shallow water[ 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. ].