Layia glandulosa
| Layia glandulosa | |
| Light: |  |
| Moisture: |   |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Height: | 1' |
| Blooms: | Mid Summer-Late Summer |
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| Edible Rating: |  |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Layia glandulosa (common name: whitedaisy tidytips)
Propagation: Seed - sow March/April in a greenhouse. Prick out the seedlings into individual pots as soon as they are large enough to handle and plant them out in early summer.
Alternatively, if you have sufficient seed it is possible to sow in situ during April/May.
Cultivation: Succeeds in ordinary garden soils[1] and also in poor soils[2]. It prefers a dry sunny bank[3] and requires a very well-drained soil if it is to thrive[2].
A frost tender annual, it does not thrive in areas with hot humid summers[3].
Range: Western N. America.
Habitat: Dry open places in deserts and foothills, especially in sandy soils[4].
Edibility: Seed[5][6][7]. The seeds can be ground into a powder and used with other ground seeds in a mush or porridge[8].
Pollinators: Insects
Soil: Can grow in light and medium soils.
Drainage: Prefers well drained soil.
Flower Type: Hermaphrodite
Also Known As: L. douglasii. Blepharipappus glandulosus.
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References
- ↑ Chittendon, Fred. RHS Dictionary of Plants. Oxford University Press, 1951.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Brickell, Christopher. The RHS Gardener's Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers. Dorling Kindersley Publishers, 1990.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Huxley, Anthony. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. MacMillan Press, 1992.
- ↑ Hitchcock, Leo. Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. University of Washington Press, 1955.
- ↑ Tanaka, Tyōzaburō. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World. Keigaku Publishing, 1976.
- ↑ Yanovsky, Elias. Food Plants of the North American Indians Publication 237. US Department of Agriculture.
- ↑ Kunkel, Günther. Plants for Human Consumption. Koeltz Scientific Books, 1984.
- ↑ Moerman, Daniel. Native American Ethnobotany. Timber Press, 1998.