Echinops setifer
| Echinops setifer | |
| Light: |   |
| Moisture: |   |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Height: | 3' |
| Blooms: | Mid Summer-Early Fall |
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| Edible Rating: |  |
| Medicinal Rating: |  |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Echinops setifer (common name: globe thistle)
Propagation: Seed - sow early spring in a cold frame[1]. The seed usually germinates in 3 - 9 weeks at 25°c[2]. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and plant them out in the summer.
The seed can also be sown in an outdoor seedbed in mid spring and is then planted out into its permanent position in late summer or the autumn[1].
Division in autumn[1].
Root cuttings in the winter[3].
Cultivation: Succeeds in a sunny position in any well drained soil of low or medium fertility[4][3]. Tolerates partial shade[1]. Established plants are drought tolerant[5].
Range: E. Asia - China, Japan, Korea.
Habitat: Low mountains, C. and S. Japan[6]. Mountain slopes in China[7]. Open grassy areas in Korea[8].
Edibility: Young leaves - cooked[9][10].
Medicinal: The root is anthelmintic, galactogogue, skin[11]. It has a weak antitumour action[8]. It is used in Korea as an emmenagogue and antidote[8].
Pollinators: Insects
Soil: Can grow in light, medium, and heavy soils.
Drainage: Prefers well drained soil.
Seed Ripens: Late Summer-Mid Fall
Flower Type: Hermaphrodite
Also Known As: E. sphaerocephalus. non L.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Sanders, Thomas. Popular Hardy Perennials. Collingridge, 1926.
- ↑ Bird, Alfred. Focus on Plants Volume 5. Thompson and Morgan, 1991.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Huxley, Anthony. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. MacMillan Press, 1992.
- ↑ Chittendon, Fred. RHS Dictionary of Plants. Oxford University Press, 1951.
- ↑ Chatto, Beth. The Damp Garden. Dent, 1982.
- ↑ Ohwi, Jisaburo. Flora of Japan. Smithsonian Institution, 1965.
- ↑ Flora of China. 1994.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Medicinal Plants in the Republic of Korea. World Health Organisation, 1998.
- ↑ Tanaka, Tyōzaburō. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World. Keigaku Publishing, 1976.
- ↑ Kunkel, Günther. Plants for Human Consumption. Koeltz Scientific Books, 1984.
- ↑ Stuart, George. Chinese Materia Medica. Taipei Southern Materials Centre.