Phalaris minor
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| Phalaris minor | |
| Light: |  |
| Moisture: |   |
| Hardiness: | 6 |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Height: | 4' |
| Width: | 2' |
| Blooms: | Early Summer-Mid Summer |
| Native to: | |
| Edible Rating: |  |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Phalaris minor (common name: small canary grass)
Propagation: Seed - sow spring in situ[1].
Cultivation: An easily grown plant, succeeding in an ordinary garden soil[2]. It is tolerant of most conditions, dry or wet[3].
Range: Europe - Mediterranean to northwest France. Naturalized, or perhaps native, in the Channel Islands.
Habitat: Sandy soils[4].
Edibility: Seed - cooked[5]. The seed can be ground into a flour and used in making bread, cakes etc. It is rather small and fiddly to utilize.
Pollinators: Wind
Soil: Can grow in light, medium, and heavy soils.
In Leaf: Late Spring-Mid Fall
Flower Type: Hermaphrodite
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References
- ↑ Grounds, Roger. Ornamental Grasses. Christopher Helm, 1989.
- ↑ Chittendon, Fred. RHS Dictionary of Plants. Oxford University Press, 1951.
- ↑ Huxley, Anthony. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. MacMillan Press, 1992.
- ↑ Clapham, Arthur and Tom Tootin, Edmund Warburg. Flora of the British Isles. Cambridge University Press, 1962.
- ↑ Moerman, Daniel. Native American Ethnobotany. Timber Press, 1998.