Asteraceae FAMILY

Eupatorium cannabinum

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Eupatorium cannabinum is an erect, herbaceous perennial plant producing a clump of stems from a woody rootstock; the stems can be simple or with short branches, growing from 30 - 150cm tall. The plant is valued for its medicinal virtues and is often harvested from the wild for use as a medicine and as a source of materials. It has sometimes been cultivated for medicinal use[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ]. Eupatorium cannabinum has sometimes escaped from cultivation and has become naturalized in some areas of Canada and china[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEurasia - most of Europe except the far north, through Turkey and the Caucasus to Turkmenistan and Iran; N. Africa - Morocco, Algeria

HabitatA gregarious plant of marshes and fens, streambanks and moist woods[ 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. ]. By streams, in low damp sites and in woods, avoiding acid soils[ 7 Title Encyclopaedia of Medicinal Plants. Publication Author Chiej. R. Publisher MacDonald Year 1984 ISBN 0-356-10541-5 Description Covers plants growing in Europe. Also gives other interesting information on the plants. Good photographs. , 13 Title Hamlyn Encyclopaedia of Plants. Publication Author Triska. Dr. Publisher Hamlyn Year 1975 ISBN 0-600-33545-3 Description Very interesting reading, giving some details of plant uses and quite a lot of folk-lore. ].