Cirsium rivulare
(Jacq.) All.
Meadow thistle
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves
The leaves before flowering are boiled and eaten as a potherb.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant. It grows in wet meadows.
Europe, Poland,
How to Identify
A thistle herb of the Asteraceae family with prickly leaves and purple flowers, found in wet meadows of temperate regions.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Cirsium rivulare is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to eastern and western Europe, adventive in Britain, and naturalised in Sweden and Belgium. Growing to 1.5 m (4.9 ft) tall, this erect herbaceous perennial is a clump-forming thistle, with narrow grey-green prickly leaves and small purple globular flowerheads in early to midsummer. The Latin specific epithet rivulare means "brook loving". The plant prefers moist conditions but can tolerate some dryness. The cultivar Cirsium rivulare 'Atropurpureum', with deep crimson flowers, has received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. It is very hardy down to at least −20 °C (−4 °F) (RHS rating H7), and thrives in full sun.
Names & Synonyms
Jagger, Scerbok, Scyrbok
References (2)
- Łukasz Łuczaj and Wojciech M Szymański, 2007, Wild vascular plants gathered for consumption in the Polish countryside: a review. J Ethnobiol Ethnomedicine. 2007; 3: 17
- Lukasz, L., 2016, Wild Edible Plants Traditionally Used in Poland.
