Cirsium lecontei
Pursh.
AsteraceaeRoots
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Roots
The roots are edible.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant.
North America, USA,
Countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, United States, St Vincent
How to Identify
A thistle herb in the Asteraceae family found in temperate regions.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Cirsium lecontei, often called the Le Conte's thistle, is a North American plant species native to the southeastern United States. It is a perennial, or sometimes biennial, species of the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae. It grows along the coastal plain from Louisiana to North Carolina. The flowering season is mainly spring to summer.
Names & Synonyms
Cnicus virginianus Pursh.and others
References (1)
- Hedrick, U.P., 1919, (Ed.), Sturtevant's edible plants of the world. p 206 (As Cnicus virginianus)
