Carduus crispus
| Carduus crispus | |
| Light: |  |
| Moisture: |  |
| Hardiness: | 7 |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Life Cycle: | Biennial |
| Height: | 3' |
| Blooms: | Late Spring-Late Summer |
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| Edible Rating: |  |
| Medicinal Rating: |  |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Carduus crispus (common name: welted thistle)
Propagation: Seed - sow spring in situ.
Cultivation: Succeeds in a sunny position in ordinary garden soil[1][2].
This species is closely related to C. acanthoides[3].
Range: Europe to Asia. A rare casual in Britain[3].
Habitat: Waste ground, cultivated fields and roadsides in Japan[4].
Edibility: Young leaves - cooked[5]. An emergency food, used when all else fails[6].
Medicinal: The root is alterative and anodyne[7][8].
Usage: The seed of all species of thistles yields a good oil by expression[9]. No details of potential yields etc are given[K].
Pollinators: Bees, lepidoptera
Habit: Biennial
Soil: Can grow in light, medium, and heavy soils.
Seed Ripens: Mid Summer-Late Summer
Flower Type: Hermaphrodite
Known Hazards: The root may be slightly toxic[7].
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References
- ↑ Chittendon, Fred. RHS Dictionary of Plants. Oxford University Press, 1951.
- ↑ Huxley, Anthony. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. MacMillan Press, 1992.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Clapham, Arthur and Tom Tootin, Edmund Warburg. Flora of the British Isles. Cambridge University Press, 1962.
- ↑ Ohwi, Jisaburo. Flora of Japan. Smithsonian Institution, 1965.
- ↑ Tanaka, Tyōzaburō. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World. Keigaku Publishing, 1976.
- ↑ Kunkel, Günther. Plants for Human Consumption. Koeltz Scientific Books, 1984.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Stuart, George. Chinese Materia Medica. Taipei Southern Materials Centre.
- ↑ Duke, James and Edward Ayensu. Medicinal Plants of China. Reference Publications, 1985.
- ↑ Grieve, Margaret. A Modern Herbal. Penguin, 1984.