Emilia coccinea
| Emilia coccinea | |
| Light: |  |
| Moisture: |   |
| Hardiness: | 9 |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Self Pollinated | |
| Height: | 2' |
| Width: | 1' |
| Blooms: | Mid Summer-Mid Fall |
| Native to: | |
| Edible Rating: |  |
| Medicinal Rating: |  |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Emilia coccinea (common name: tassel flower)
Propagation: Seed - sow early spring in a greenhouse and only just cover the seed. When large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and plant them out after the last expected frosts[1][2].
The seed can also be sown outdoors in situ in the middle of spring[1][2].
Cultivation: An easily grown plant[1], succeeding in most well-drained soils in a sunny position[2]. An ideal plant for hot dry areas and coastal soils[3]. Plants flower better when growing on nutritionally poor soils, producing much lusher growth on rich soils[2]. They are drought tolerant once established[2].
Plants are not frost hardy, but succeed outdoors in Britain as a spring-sown annual[2].
Slugs can be a problem with this plant in a wet spring[2].
Range: Tropical Asia.
Habitat: Not known in a truly wild situation
Edibility: Leaves - raw or cooked[4]. Added to salads or used as a potherb[5].
Medicinal: The plant is said to be used medicinally for children, but the report gives no more details[6].
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. flammea. Cass. Cacalia coccinea. C. sagittata.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Chittendon, Fred. RHS Dictionary of Plants. Oxford University Press, 1951.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Huxley, Anthony. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. MacMillan Press, 1992.
- ↑ Brickell, Christopher. The RHS Gardener's Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers. Dorling Kindersley Publishers, 1990.
- ↑ Tanaka, Tyōzaburō. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World. Keigaku Publishing, 1976.
- ↑ Facciola, Stephen. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, 1990.
- ↑ Chopra, R. Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, 1986.