Leontodon autumnalis
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Fall dandelion, Autumn hawk bit
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Description
A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 20-40 cm tall. The leaves are sword shaped and 4-35 cm long by 1-4 cm wide.
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Edible Uses
The leaves are added to salads or cooked like spinach, with the cooking water discarded. The roots are also edible.
Traditional Uses
The leaves are added to salads or cooked like spinach. The cooking water is discarded.
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Distribution
It is a Mediterranean climate plant. In Argentina it grows below 500 m above sea level.
Where It Grows
Argentina, Balkans, Bosnia, Chile, Europe*, Italy, Luxembourg, Mediterranean, Slovenia, South America,
Also Known As
Jesenski jajčar, Lavlji zub
References (5)
- Facciola, S., 1998, Cornucopia 2: a Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, p 40
- http://www.botanic-gardens-ljubljana.com/en/plants
- Redzic, S. J., 2006, Wild Edible Plants and their Traditional Use in the Human Nutrition in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 45:189-232
- Redzic, S., 2010, Use of Wild and Semi-Wild Edible Plants in Nutrition and Survival of People in 1430 Days of Siege of Sarajevo during the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–1995). Coll. Antropol 34 (2010) 2:551-570
- Sp. pl. 2:798. 1753
