Fabaceae FAMILY

Thermopsis lanceolata

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

The plant is very poisonous. The seeds have harmful effects when present as an impurity in flour to the extent of 20.5% [?] by weight. The plant is avoided by livestock[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].

Botanical Description

Thermopsis lanceolata is a herbaceous perennial plant growing from a long, branched, rhizomatous rootstock; it produces a cluster of branched or simple stems 10 - 30cm long[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for use as a medicine and is traded locally. It is grown as an ornamental in gardens, valued especially for its attractive foliage and lupin-like spires of yellow flowers[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeAsia - Kazakhstan, Siberia, Mongolia, western and central China, Nepal

HabitatOccurring in large groups in steppes, often saline, steppe slopes, sometimes stony, sandy places, and river valleys; often a weed of field crops, especially of wheat, gullies, and roadsides[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].