Asteraceae FAMILY

Serratula tinctoria

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Serratula tinctoria is a perennial plant that can grow up to 1.00 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of materials.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEurope, including Britain, south and east from Scandanavia to N. Spain, Balkans and Siberia.

HabitatWood margins, clearings, rides and open grasslands on moist basic soils over limestone or chalk[ 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. ].