Morina persica
L.
Prickly wallflower
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Seeds, Flower
The seeds and flowers are edible portions.
Where to Find It
It grows in Mediterranean regions. It grows on the rocky sunny slopes of mountains.
Afghanistan, Albania, Asia, Balkans, Bulgaria, Central Asia, Europe, Greece, Himalayas, Iran, Lebanon, Mediterranean, Middle East, Pakistan, Palestine, Russia, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Türkiye, Yugoslavia,
Countries: Andorra, United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, Belarus, Switzerland, China, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Algeria, Estonia, Egypt, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Georgia, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Iceland, Italy, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Libya, Morocco, Monaco, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Myanmar, Mongolia, Malta, Maldives, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Singapore, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Taiwan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
How to Identify
A herb. It grows about 1 m high. It keeps growing from year to year. The flowers are white and red.
Notes
There are 4 Morina species. Also put in the family Morinaceae.
Names & Synonyms
Bekh-akwar
References (5)
- Cannon, M.J. & Cannon, J.F.M., 1984, A revision of the Morinaceae. Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Bot. ser. 12(1):1-35
- Ertug, F, Yenen Bitkiler. Resimli Türkiye Florası -I- Flora of Turkey - Ethnobotany supplement
- Flora of Pakistan. www.eFloras.org
- Heywood, V.H., Brummitt, R.K., Culham, A., and Seberg, O. 2007, Flowering Plant Families of the World. Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. p 219
- Sp. Pl. 1:28. 1753
