Crepis runcinata
(E.James) Torr. & A.Gray
Asteraceae
Berinia runcinata Sch.Bip.
Crepidium caulescens Nutt.
Crepidium glaucum Nutt.
Crepidium runcinatum (E.James) Nutt.
Crepis aculeolata Greene
Crepis alpicola (Rydb.) A.Nelson
Crepis andersonii A.Gray
Crepis barberi Greenm.
Crepis biennis Hook.
Crepis chamaephylla Wooton & Standl.
Crepis dakotana Lunell
Crepis denticulata Rydb.
Crepis glauca (Nutt.) Torr. & A.Gray
Crepis glaucella Rydb.
Crepis mogollonica Wooton & Standl.
Crepis neomexicana Wooton & Standl.
Crepis obtusissima Greene
Crepis occidentalis glauca (Nutt.) S.L.Welsh
Crepis pallens Greene
Crepis perplexans Rydb.
Crepis petiolata Rydb.
Crepis platyphylla Greene
Crepis riparia A.Nelson
Crepis subcarnosa Greene
Crepis tomentulosa Rydb.
Hieraciodes runcinata (E.James) Kuntze
Hieracium runcinatum E.James
Psilochenia runcinata (E.James) Á.Löve & D.Löve
Common Name:
General Information
Crepis runcinata is a herbaceous perennial plant forming a basal rosette of growth and 1 - 3 erect or ascending stems from a long taproot; it can grow around 15 - 60cm tall
The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
270- Title
- Flora of N. America
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 0
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses.
Range
Western N. America - British Columbia to Manitoba, south to California and Texas.
Habitat
Moist, often alkaline meadows, especially in mountains[
60- Title
- Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest.
- Publication
-
- Author
- Hitchcock. C. L.
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Year
- 1955
- ISBN
- -
- Description
- A standard flora for Western N. America with lots of information on habitat etc. Five large volumes, it is not for the casual reader.
]. Moist meadows, low wet areas, swales, bogs at elevations of 400 - 2700 metres[
270- Title
- Flora of N. America
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 0
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses.
].
Properties
| Edibility Rating |  |
| Medicinal Rating |  |
| Habit | Perennial |
| Height | 0.40 m |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
A variable species, it is subdivided into a number of sub-species[
270- Title
- Flora of N. America
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 0
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses.
].
Edible Uses
Leaves[
105- Title
- Tanaka's Cyclopedia of Edible Plants of the World.
- Publication
-
- Author
- Tanaka. T. & Nakao S.
- Publisher
- Keigaku Publishing; Tokyo
- Year
- 1976
- ISBN
- -
- Description
- The most comprehensive list of edible plants I've come across. Only the briefest entry for each species, though, and some of the entries are more than a little dubious. Not for the casual reader.
,
161- Title
- Food Plants of the N. American Indians. Publication no. 237.
- Publication
-
- Author
- Yanovsky. E.
- Publisher
- U.S. Depf of Agriculture.
- Year
-
- ISBN
- -
- Description
- A comprehensive but very terse guide. Not for the casual reader.
,
257- Title
- Native American Ethnobotany
- Publication
-
- Author
- Moerman. D.
- Publisher
- Timber Press. Oregon.
- Year
- 1998
- ISBN
- 0-88192-453-9
- Description
- Very comprehensive but terse guide to the native uses of plants. Excellent bibliography, fully referenced to each plant, giving a pathway to further information. Not for the casual reader.
].
Medicinal
A poultice made from the whole plant is applied topically to 'open up a carbuncle or cancer'[
257- Title
- Native American Ethnobotany
- Publication
-
- Author
- Moerman. D.
- Publisher
- Timber Press. Oregon.
- Year
- 1998
- ISBN
- 0-88192-453-9
- Description
- Very comprehensive but terse guide to the native uses of plants. Excellent bibliography, fully referenced to each plant, giving a pathway to further information. Not for the casual reader.
].
An infusioon of young plants was traditionally drunk to ease homesickness and lonesomeness[
257- Title
- Native American Ethnobotany
- Publication
-
- Author
- Moerman. D.
- Publisher
- Timber Press. Oregon.
- Year
- 1998
- ISBN
- 0-88192-453-9
- Description
- Very comprehensive but terse guide to the native uses of plants. Excellent bibliography, fully referenced to each plant, giving a pathway to further information. Not for the casual reader.
]. (As Crepis glauca)
Other Uses
None known
Propagation
Seed -
If you have any useful information about this plant, please leave a comment. Comments have to be approved before they are shown here.
Useful Temperate Plants Database 2016 by
Ken Fern,
web interface by
Ajna Fern
with help from
Richard Morris.
