Gnaphalium uliginosum
| Gnaphalium uliginosum | |
| Light: |   |
| Moisture: |  |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Height: | 1' |
| Width: | 1' |
| Blooms: | Mid Summer-Late Summer |
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| Tea: | Yes |
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Gnaphalium uliginosum (common name: marsh cudweed)
Propagation: Seed - sow late spring in situ and only just cover the seed.
Cultivation: Prefers a position in full sun or partial shade in a moist to wet light acid soil[1].
Range: Most of Europe, including Britain, to W. Asia.
Habitat: Damp places in sandy fields, heaths, waysides etc, on acid soils[2].
Medicinal: Marsh cudweed is little used in modern herbalism, though it is occasionally taken for its astringent, antiseptic and anticatarrhal properties[3].
The whole plant is anti-inflammatory, astringent, diaphoretic and diuretic[4][5][6][1]. It may also have aphrodisiac and anti-depressant effects[1]. It is used both internally and externally in the treatment of laryngitis, upper respiratory catarrh and tonsillitis, whilst in Russia it is used in the treatment of high blood pressure[1][3]. The plant is harvested when it is in flower and is dried for later use[1].
Usage: Yellow and green dyes are obtained from the whole plant[7].
Pollinators: Insects
Soil: Can grow in light and medium soils.
Drainage: Prefers well drained soil.
Flower Type: Hermaphrodite
Also Known As: Filaginella uliginosa. (L.)Opiz.
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Bown, Deni. Royal Horticultural Society Encyclopaedia of Herbs and Their Uses. Dorling Kindersley, 1995.
- ↑ Clapham, Arthur and Tom Tootin, Edmund Warburg. Flora of the British Isles. Cambridge University Press, 1962.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chevallier, Andrew. The Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants. Dorling Kindersley, 1996.
- ↑ Grieve, Margaret. A Modern Herbal. Penguin, 1984.
- ↑ Lust, John. The Herb Book. Bantam Books, 1983.
- ↑ Mills, Simon. The Dictionary of Modern Herbalism.
- ↑ Grae, Ida. Nature's Colors. MacMillan Publishing, 1974.