Rhodiola
Rhodiola rosea — The high-altitude fire
- Botanical name
- Rhodiola rosea
- Family
- Crassulaceae
- Parts
- root
- Origin
- Nordic wild
- Tradition
- Nordic
- Native range
- Fennoscandia, Northern Europe
- Grows in
- Mountain
- Compound classes
- terpenes, phenolics, glycosides
- Flavour
- Slightly bitter and earthy with characteristic rose-like aromatic note when fresh — the rose aroma is the quality marker
- Habitat
- — Arctic/Subarctic/Alpine native (Scandinavia, Russia, Central Asia, China)
Plant and fungal knowledge in the language of craft and tradition — not medical advice. Fungai Art, small-batch extracts.