Sison amomum
| Sison amomum | |
| Light: |   |
| Moisture: |  |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Self Pollinated | |
| Life Cycle: | Biennial |
| Height: | 3' |
| Blooms: | Mid Summer-Early Fall |
| Native to: | |
| Edible Rating: |  |
| Medicinal Rating: |  |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Sison amomum (common name: bastard stone-parsley)
Propagation: Seed - sow late spring or early autumn in situ.
Cultivation: See the plants native habitat for ideas on cultivation details.
The whole plant gives off the rather unusual smell of petrol[1].
Range: Southern and western Europe from Britain and France to the Mediterranean, W. Asia and Algeria..
Habitat: Hedgebanks and roadsides[2], usually on calcareous soils[3].
Edibility: Root - cooked[4][5]. It is said to taste like celery[6][7].
The aromatic leaves and seed are used as a condiment[8][4][9][7]. The fresh seeds have a nauseous smell[8].
Medicinal: Carminative, diaphoretic, diuretic[4].
Pollinators: Insects
Habit: Biennial
Soil: Can grow in light, medium, and heavy soils.
Flower Type: Hermaphrodite
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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.
- ↑ Grieve, Margaret. A Modern Herbal. Penguin, 1984.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Usher, George. A Dictionary of Plants Used by Man. Constable, 1974.
- ↑ Kunkel, Günther. Plants for Human Consumption. Koeltz Scientific Books, 1984.
- ↑ Tanaka, Tyōzaburō. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World. Keigaku Publishing, 1976.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Facciola, Stephen. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, 1990.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Hedrick, Ulysses. Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World. Dover Publications, 1972.
- ↑ Komarov, Vladimir. Flora of the USSR. Gantner Verlag, 1968.