Oxybasis urbica
(L.) S. Fuentes, Uotila & Borsch
City Goosefoot, Upright Goosefoot, Shi li, Cucina
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves, Seeds
The leaves and young stems are boiled and used in stews. The seeds are also edible.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant. It grows in the Gobi desert.
Africa, Albania, Asia C, Austria, Balkans, Belgium, Britain, Bulgaria, Central Asia, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Europe, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Mediterranean, North Africa, North America, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Türkiye,
How to Identify
An annual herb. It grows 20-100 cm tall. The lower leaves are 14 cm long by 11 cm wide and oval or D shaped. There are teeth along the edge.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Oxybasis urbica is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. Its native range is Europe to Russian Far East and Northern China.
Notes
There are about 100-150-250 Chenopodium species. They are mostly in temperate regions. Also put in the family Chenopodiaceae.
Names & Synonyms
Ghobbejra, Kucha loboda, Toga metlika
References (9)
- Ertug, F, Yenen Bitkiler. Resimli Türkiye Florası -I- Flora of Turkey - Ethnobotany supplement (As Chenopodium urbicum)
- Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 219 (As Chenopodium urbicum)
- Luczaj et al, 2013, Wild vegetable mixes sold in the markets of Dalmatia (southern Croatia). Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 8:2 (As Chenopodium urbicum)
- Nedelcheva A., 2013, An ethnobotanical study of wild edible plants in Bulgaria. EurAsian Journal of BioSciences 7, 77-94 (As Chenopodium urbicum)
- Pieroni, A., 1999, Gathered wild food plants in the Upper Valley of the Serchio River (Garfagnana), Central Italy. Economic Botany 53(3) pp 327-341 (As Chenopodium urbicum)
- Plants for a Future database, The Field, Penpol, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0NG, UK. http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/ (As Chenopodium urbicum)
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- www.eFloras.org Flora of China (As Chenopodium urbicum)
- Zhu Gelin (Chu Ge-ling); Steven E. Clemants, CHENOPODIACEAE [Draft], Flora of China (As Chenopodium urbicum)
