Liliaceae FAMILY
Streptopus lanceolatus
Streptopus lanceolatus
Edibility
3/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Streptopus lanceolatus is an erect, herbaceous perennial plant producing a cluster of usually unbranched stems from a slender, creeping rhizome; it usually grows 15 - 40cm tall, occasionally to 80cm[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine. It is grown as an ornamental in gardens.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeN. America - British Columbia to Oregon; Manitoba to Quebec and Newfoundland, south to southern Wisconsin and Pennsylvania and the Appalachians
HabitatRich moist coniferous and deciduous woods; at elevations from 50 - 2,000 metres[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. Moist woods, river banks, alder thickets[ 172 Title Discovering Wild Plants - Alaska, W. Canada and the Northwest. Publication Author Schofield. J. J. Publisher Alaska Northwest Books; Alaska Year 2003 ISBN 0882403699 Description A nice guide to some useful plants in that area. ].