Claytonia tuberosa
| Claytonia tuberosa | |
| Light: |  |
| Moisture: |  |
| Hardiness: | 4 |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-6.5 |
| Height: | 0.5' |
| Blooms: | Early Spring |
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| Edible Rating: |  |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Claytonia tuberosa (common name: tuberous spring beauty)
Propagation: Seed - surface sow on a peat based compost in spring in a cold frame. Germination usually takes place within 2 - 4 weeks at 10°c[1]. When large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in the cold frame for at least their first winter. Plant them out in late spring or early summer after the last expected frosts.
Division of offsets in spring or autumn.
Cultivation: Prefers a damp peaty soil and a position in full sun[2][1]. Requires a lime-free soil[1].
Range: N. America to E. Asia - Siberia.
Habitat: Sphagnum tundra in the Arctic[3].
Edibility: Root - raw or cooked[4][3][5][6][7]. It can be added to soups and stews[8]. It is rather small[7].
Leaves - raw or cooked[7]. A source of vitamins A and C, the leaves can be used as greens[8].
Flowers - raw[7].
Soil: Can grow in light and medium soils.
Drainage: Prefers well drained soil.
Seed Ripens: Late Spring
Flower Type: Hermaphrodite
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bird, Alfred. Growing from Seed Volume 4. Thompson and Morgan, 1990.
- ↑ Chittendon, Fred. RHS Dictionary of Plants. Oxford University Press, 1951.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Komarov, Vladimir. Flora of the USSR. Gantner Verlag, 1968.
- ↑ Hedrick, Ulysses. Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World. Dover Publications, 1972.
- ↑ Harrington, Harold. Edible Native Plants of the Rocky Mountains. University of New Mexico Press, 1967.
- ↑ Tanaka, Tyōzaburō. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World. Keigaku Publishing, 1976.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Schofield, Janice. Discovering Wild Plants.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Moerman, Daniel. Native American Ethnobotany. Timber Press, 1998.