Helichrysum plicatum
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Flower - tea
The flowers are brewed as a herbal tea.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant.
Armenia, Caucasus, Europe, Turkey, Türkiye,
Countries: Andorra, Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Belarus, Switzerland, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Monaco, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, Turkey, Ukraine
How to Identify
A temperate herb in the Asteraceae family that is sold in local markets.
Medicinal Uses
The flowers are used as a herbal tea.
Other Information
It is sold in local markets.
Names & Synonyms
Altin otu, Anmer tasghik, Antaram
Gnaphalium plicatum Fisch. & C. A. Mey.Helichrysum anatolicum BoissHelichrysum plicatum subsp. plicatum
References (4)
- Dogan, A. & Tuzlaci, E., 2015, Wild Edible Plants of Pertek (Tunceli-Turkey). Marmara Pharmaceutical Journal 19: 126-135
- Ertug, F, Yenen Bitkiler. Resimli Türkiye Florası -I- Flora of Turkey - Ethnobotany supplement
- Gunes, S. et al, 2018, Survey of wild food plants for human consumption in Karaisali (Adana-Turkey). Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge. Vol. 17(2), April 2018, pp 290-298
- Nanagulyan, S., et al, 2020, Wild plants and fungi sold in the markets of Yerevan (Armenia). Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 16:26
