Asteraceae FAMILY
Cirsium tuberosum
Cirsium tuberosum
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Cirsium tuberosum is a herbaceous perennial plant growing from a tuberous rootstock with spindle-shaped roots; it produces a cluster of basal leaves and an erect flowering stem around 20 - 60cm tall[ 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. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of materials.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeWestern and central Europe - Britain, France, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, Balkans
HabitatChalk downs and other calcareous pastures[ 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. ]. Damp grassland on calcareous soils[ 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. ].