Agoseris aurantiaca
| Agoseris aurantiaca | |
| Light: |  |
| Moisture: |   |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Height: | 2' |
| Blooms: | Mid Summer-Late Summer |
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| Edible Rating: |  |
| Medicinal Rating: |  |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Agoseris aurantiaca (common name: mountain dandelion)
Propagation: Seed - sow spring in a greenhouse. The seed usually germinates in 2 - 6 weeks at 15°c[1]. As soon as the seedlings are large enough to handle, prick them out into individual pots and plant them out in the summer or late in the following spring.
Division with care in spring[2]. The plants do not like a lot of root disturbance so it is best to pot up the divisions and keep them in a cold frame or greenhouse until they are established.
Cultivation: Prefers full sun and a sandy loam low in nutrients[1][2].
Range: Western N. America from Canada to California.
Habitat: Meadows and woods from moderate to high elevations[3].
Edibility: Leaves - cooked as a spinach[4][5][6][7][8].
The root juice has been used as a chewing gum[9].
Medicinal: A cold infusion of the plant is used as a lotion for treating wounds[9]. The wet leaves were rubbed onto swollen arms, wrists or ankles[9].
Pollinators: Insects
Drainage: Prefers well drained soil.
Seed Ripens: Late Summer-Early Fall
Flower Type: Hermaphrodite
Also Known As: Macrorhynchus troximoides. Troxicum aurantiacum.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rice, Graham. Growing from Seed Volume 1. Thompson and Morgan, 1987.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Huxley, Anthony. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. MacMillan Press, 1992.
- ↑ Hitchcock, Leo. Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. University of Washington Press, 1955.
- ↑ Uphof, Johannes. Dictionary of Economic Plants. Weinheim, 1959.
- ↑ Usher, George. A Dictionary of Plants Used by Man. Constable, 1974.
- ↑ Tanaka, Tyōzaburō. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World. Keigaku Publishing, 1976.
- ↑ Yanovsky, Elias. Food Plants of the North American Indians Publication 237. US Department of Agriculture.
- ↑ Kunkel, Günther. Plants for Human Consumption. Koeltz Scientific Books, 1984.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Moerman, Daniel. Native American Ethnobotany. Timber Press, 1998.