Chondrilla juncea, Chondrilla prenanthoides.
Botanical name:
Chondrilla juncea Linn. Compositae.
Southern Europe and adjoining Asia. This plant is mentioned by Dorotheus as good for cooking and for the stomach; it is enumerated by Pliny as among the esculent plants of Egypt.
Chondrilla prenanthoides Vill.
East Mediterranean countries and mountains of Yemen. This plant is enumerated by Pliny as among the esculents of Egypt. Forskal says it is eaten raw in Yemen.
Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World, 1919, was edited by U. P. Hedrick.
