Portulaca retusa
| Portulaca retusa | |
| Light: |  |
| Moisture: |   |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Self Pollinated | |
| Height: | 1' |
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| Edible Rating: |  |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Portulaca retusa
Propagation: Seed - sow spring in situ[1].
Cultivation: We have very little information on this species and do not know if it will succeed outdoors in Britain, though we feel it should be possible to grow it either as a hardy or a half-hardy annual. The following notes are based on the general needs of the genus.
Prefers a rather dry poor soil in full sun[2][1].
Range: Eastern N. America - Missouri to Arkansas and Texas, west to Nevada.
Habitat: Rocky glades, sands etc[3]. The plants often grow in large patches a metre or more in diameter[4].
Edibility: Leaves - raw or cooked[5][6][7].
Seed - raw or cooked. Ground into a powder and used as a mush[7].
Pollinators: Insects, self
Soil: Can grow in light and medium soils.
Drainage: Prefers well drained soil.
Flower Type: Hermaphrodite
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Huxley, Anthony. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. MacMillan Press, 1992.
- ↑ Chittendon, Fred. RHS Dictionary of Plants. Oxford University Press, 1951.
- ↑ Lyndon, Merritt. Gray's Manual of Botany. American Book Co, 1950.
- ↑ Britton, Nathaniel and Addison Brown. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada. Dover Publications, 1970.
- ↑ Usher, George. A Dictionary of Plants Used by Man. Constable, 1974.
- ↑ Tanaka, Tyōzaburō. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World. Keigaku Publishing, 1976.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Yanovsky, Elias. Food Plants of the North American Indians Publication 237. US Department of Agriculture.