Brassicaceae FAMILY

Bunias orientalis

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Bunias orientalis is a biennial to perennial plant producing one to several stems that branch toward the top; it usually grows from 25 - 100cm tall, exceptionally to 150cm. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. Bunias orientalis is able to spread rapidly into new areas, both by seed and by vegetative reproduction. It has spread from its original range as a result of human activity and has become naturalized in many areas including N. America, Mongolia and northern China[ 1093 Title Invasive Species Compendium Publication Author Website http://www.cabi.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An immense resource - in depth information on over 900 species of invasive plants (it also has information on animals, fungi etc). ]..

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEurope - Finland and the Baltic, south to Macedonia and Bulgaria; W. Asia - western Siberia, Caucasus, Turkey, Iran, Iraq

HabitatA weed of cultivated and waste ground[ 50 Title Flora Europaea Publication Author ? Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1964 ISBN - Description An immense work in 6 volumes (including the index). The standard reference flora for Europe, it is very terse though and with very little extra information. Not for the casual reader. , 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. ]. Fields and meadows[ 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. ].