Seseli libanotis
| Seseli libanotis | |
| Light: |  |
| Moisture: |   |
| Hardiness: | 4 |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Self Pollinated | |
| Height: | 2' |
| Blooms: | Mid Summer-Late Summer |
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| Edible Rating: |  |
| Medicinal Rating: |  |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Seseli libanotis
Propagation: Seed - sow spring in a cold frame. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and plant them out in the summer.
Cultivation: Succeeds in a moderately fertile well-drained soil in a sunny position[1]. Succeeds on dry sunny banks[1].
The var. S. libanotis daucifolia. DC. is eaten in China[2].
Range: Europe, excluding the northwest but including Britain, south and east to N. Africa and W. Asia.
Habitat: Rough bushy or grassy places on chalk hills. Very local in S.E. England[3].
Edibility: Young plant and leaves - cooked[4][5].
Root[5]. No further details are given.
Medicinal: Carminative[5].
Pollinators: Insects
Soil: Can grow in light, medium, and heavy soils.
Drainage: Prefers well drained soil.
Seed Ripens: Late Summer-Early Fall
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.
- ↑ Read, Bernard. Famine Foods Listed in the Chiu Huang Pen Ts'ao. Taipei Southern Materials Centre, 1977.
- ↑ Clapham, Arthur and Tom Tootin, Edmund Warburg. Flora of the British Isles. Cambridge University Press, 1962.
- ↑ Tanaka, Tyōzaburō. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World. Keigaku Publishing, 1976.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Stuart, George. Chinese Materia Medica. Taipei Southern Materials Centre.