Monolepis nuttalliana
| Monolepis nuttalliana | |
| Light: |  |
| Moisture: |   |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Height: | 1' |
| Blooms: | Early Summer-Mid Fall |
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| Edible Rating: |  |
| Medicinal Rating: |  |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Monolepis nuttalliana (common name: poverty weed)
Propagation: Seed - we have no information on this species but suggest sowing the seed in late spring in situ.
Cultivation: We have almost no information on this species and do not know if it will be hardy in Britain, though it should be possible to grow it as a half-hardy annual in this country. It is likely to require a well-drained soil in a sunny position.
Range: Western N. America - Manitoba to California, Texas and New Mexico.
Habitat: Waste places, lawn edges, gardens etc in dry, saline and alkaline soils[1][2][3].
Edibility: Leaves - cooked until tender[4]. A pleasant mild flavour[2][5], they are used as greens[4].
Root - cooked[6][7][8][9][4]. Small but with an acceptable flavour when young, the older ones are rather tough[2].
Seed. Very small and fiddly, it is used as a piñole[6][7][2][8][9]. The seed can also be dried, ground into a powder then mixed with water and eaten as a mush[4].
Medicinal: A poultice of moist leaves has been applied to skin abrasions[4].
Pollinators: Wind
Soil: Can grow in light, medium, and heavy soils.
Drainage: Prefers well drained soil.
Flower Type: Hermaphrodite
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References
- ↑ Lyndon, Merritt. Gray's Manual of Botany. American Book Co, 1950.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Harrington, Harold. Edible Native Plants of the Rocky Mountains. University of New Mexico Press, 1967.
- ↑ Britton, Nathaniel and Addison Brown. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada. Dover Publications, 1970.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Moerman, Daniel. Native American Ethnobotany. Timber Press, 1998.
- ↑ Coon, Nelson. The Dictionary of Useful Plants. Rodale Press, 1975.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Uphof, Johannes. Dictionary of Economic Plants. Weinheim, 1959.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Usher, George. A Dictionary of Plants Used by Man. Constable, 1974.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Tanaka, Tyōzaburō. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World. Keigaku Publishing, 1976.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Yanovsky, Elias. Food Plants of the North American Indians Publication 237. US Department of Agriculture.