medicinal herbs
Welted Thistle
Carduus crispus
Herb: Welted Thistle
Latin name: Carduus crispus
Family: Compositae
Medicinal use of Welted Thistle:
The root is alterative and anodyne.Description of the plant:
Plant:
BiennialHeight:
90 cm(2 feet)
Flowering:
May toAugust
Habitat of the herb:
Waste ground, cultivated fields and roadsides in Japan.Edible parts of Welted Thistle:
Young leaves - cooked. An emergency food, used when all else fails.Other uses of the herb:
The seed of all species of thistles yields a good oil by expression. No details of potential yields etc are given.Propagation of Welted Thistle:
Seed - sow spring in situ.Cultivation of the herb:
Waste ground, cultivated fields and roadsides in Japan.Known hazards of Carduus crispus:
The root may be slightly toxic.Plant information taken from the Plants For A Future.