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Crepis leontodontoides

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Radicchio de campo, Castracani

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Description

An herb in the daisy family distributed in Mediterranean climate regions.

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Edible Uses

The leaves are used in salads and vegetable soups.

Traditional Uses

The leaves are used in salads and vegetable soups.

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Distribution

It is a Mediterranean climate plant.

Where It Grows

Europe, Italy, Mediterranean, Sicily,

Also Known As

Rizzaredda

References (2)

  • Pasta, S., et al, 2020, An Updated Checklist of the Sicilian Native Edible Plants: Preserving the Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Century-Old Agro-Pastoral Landscapes. Frontiers in Plant Science. Volume 11|Article 388
  • Pieroni, A., 1999, Gathered wild food plants in the Upper Valley of the Serchio River (Garfagnana), Central Italy. Economic Botany 53(3) pp 327-341

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