Asteraceae FAMILY
Saussurea costus
Saussurea costus
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
3/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Saussurea costus is a perennial plant that can grow up to 3.00 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of materials.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeE. Asia - Himalayas.
HabitatA casual in irrigated areas, 2000 - 3300 metres from Pakistan to Himachel Pradesh[ 51 Title Flowers of the Himalayas. Publication Author Polunin. O. and Stainton. A. Publisher Oxford Universtiy Press Year 1984 ISBN - Description A very readable and good pocket guide (if you have a very large pocket!) to many of the wild plants in the Himalayas. Gives many examples of plant uses. ]. Usually found in moist shady situations in Kashmir, sometimes forming the undergrowth in birch forests[ 211 Title Wild Flowers of Kashmir Publication Author Coventry. B. O. Publisher Raithby, Lawrence and Co. Year 1923 ISBN - Description A nice little pocket guide to 50 wildflowers of Kashmir. This is part one of three, we have not seen the other two volumes ].