Laserpitium latifolium.

Botanical name: 

Laserpitium latifolium Linn. Umbelliferae. Lasewort.

Europe. The Romans, says Glasspole, used the root of lasewort, with cumin, in seasoning preserved artichoke.


Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World, 1919, was edited by U. P. Hedrick.