Centaurea eryngioides

Lam.

Digin al-badan

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Flowers

The flowers are eaten.

It is a Mediterranean climate plant.

Egypt - Sinai, Israel, Mediterranean, Middle East,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bahrain, Cyprus, Algeria, Egypt, Spain, France, Greece, Croatia, Israel, Iraq, Iran, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Monaco, Montenegro, Malta, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen

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

References (1)

Bailey, C. and Danin, A., 1981, Bedouin Plant Utilization in Sinai and the Negev. Economic Botany 35(2): 145-162