Damasonium alisma
| Damasonium alisma | |
| Light: |   |
| Moisture: |  |
| Hardiness: | 7 |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Height: | 1' |
| Blooms: | Early Summer-Late Summer |
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| Edible Rating: |  |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Damasonium alisma (common name: thrumwort)
Propagation: Seed - best sown as soon as it is ripe in a cold frame in trays standing in shallow water[1]. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in trays of shallow water, planting them out in the summer.
Division in spring. Very easy, larger clumps can be replanted direct into their permanent positions, though it is best to pot up smaller clumps and grow them on in a cold frame until they are rooting well. Plant them out in the spring.
Cultivation: Succeeds in an open sunny position in boggy soils or in still water up to 25cm deep[1].
Range: Central and southern Europe, from Britain and France to Italy and S. Russia, south to N. Africa.
Habitat: Gravelly ditches and ponds. Very local and apparently decreasing in Britain[2].
Edibility: Root[3]. No further details are given.
Pollinators: Insects
Soil: Can grow in light, medium, and heavy soils.
Flower Type: Hermaphrodite
Also Known As: D. stellatum. Actinocarpus damasonium.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Huxley, Anthony. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. MacMillan Press, 1992.
- ↑ Clapham, Arthur and Tom Tootin, Edmund Warburg. Flora of the British Isles. Cambridge University Press, 1962.
- ↑ Kunkel, Günther. Plants for Human Consumption. Koeltz Scientific Books, 1984.