Sisymbrium irio
| Sisymbrium irio | |
| Light: |   |
| Moisture: |   |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Self Pollinated | |
| Height: | 2' |
| Blooms: | Early Summer-Late Summer |
| Edible Rating: |  |
| Medicinal Rating: |  |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Sisymbrium irio (common name: london rocket)
Propagation: Seed - sow spring or autumn in situ.
Cultivation: Succeeds in most soils.
Range: Mediterranean. Long naturalized or possibly native in Britain[1].
Habitat: Roadsides, walls and waste places[1].
Edibility: Immature leaves - raw or cooked[2][3]. Used as greens[3]. A famine food, it is only eaten when better foods are in short supply[3].
Seed - raw or cooked[3]. The seed can be eaten as piñole[3]. It can also be dried, ground into a powder then mixed with water and used as a gruel[3]. The seed can be mixed with water to make a drink[3].
Flowers - raw[2].
Medicinal: The seeds are expectorant, restorative and stimulant[4]. They are used in the treatment of asthma[4]. Externally, they are used as a stimulating poultice[4]. The seeds have been placed under the lids of sore eyes in order to cause weeping and thereby wash foreign matter out of the eye[3].
An infusion of the leaves is used in treating affections of the throat and chest[4].
Pollinators: Insects, self?
Soil: Can grow in light, medium, and heavy soils.
Seed Ripens: Mid Summer-Early Fall
Flower Type: Hermaphrodite
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Clapham, Arthur and Tom Tootin, Edmund Warburg. Flora of the British Isles. Cambridge University Press, 1962.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kunkel, Günther. Plants for Human Consumption. Koeltz Scientific Books, 1984.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Moerman, Daniel. Native American Ethnobotany. Timber Press, 1998.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Chopra, R. Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, 1986.