Asteraceae FAMILY

Hypochaeris glabra

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Hypochaeris glabra is a Annual/Perennial up to 0.30 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEurope, including Britain, from Scandanavia south and east to N. Africa, Syria and W. Asia.

HabitatGrassy fields, derelict arable land, heaths, fixed dunes etc on sandy soils. This is a typical plant of non-calcareous sand plant communities[ 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. ].