Silaum silaus
| Silaum silaus | |
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| Light: |  |
| Moisture: |  |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Self Pollinated | |
| Height: | 3' |
| Blooms: | Early Summer-Late Summer |
| Meadows | |
| Native to: | |
| Edible Rating: |  |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Silaum silaus (common name: pepper saxifrage) is a perennial plant.
Propagation: Seed - we have no information for this species but suggest sowing the seed in spring in a cold frame. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and plant them out in early summer.
If you have enough seed then an outdoor sowing in situ in the spring should also succeed.
Cultivation: An easily grown plant, it succeeds in most soils and can be grown in the summer meadow.
The whole plant, when bruised, emits a most unpleasant smell of sulphured hydrogen which is difficult to remove from the skin. If eaten by cattle, the plant will impart its smell to the milk[1].
Range: Europe, including Britain, south and east from Sweden to the Mediterranean and Siberia.
Habitat: Meadows and grassy banks, avoiding shady positions[2].
Edibility: Leaves - cooked[3]. They are sometimes used as an acid tasting potherb[4][5].
Pollinators: Bees
Soil: Can grow in light, medium, and heavy soils.
Flower Type: Hermaphrodite
Also Known As: Silaus flavescens. S. pratensis.
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References
- ↑ Genders, Roy. Scented Flora of the World. Robert Hale, 1994.
- ↑ Clapham, Arthur and Tom Tootin, Edmund Warburg. Flora of the British Isles. Cambridge University Press, 1962.
- ↑ Hedrick, Ulysses. Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World. Dover Publications, 1972.
- ↑ Tanaka, Tyōzaburō. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World. Keigaku Publishing, 1976.
- ↑ Facciola, Stephen. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, 1990.