Stanleya elata
| Stanleya elata | |
| Light: |  |
| Moisture: |   |
| Hardiness: | 7 |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Height: | 5' |
| Blooms: | Early Summer |
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| Edible Rating: |  |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Stanleya elata
Propagation: Seed - sow spring in a greenhouse. Germination should take place within 3 weeks. Pot up into individual pots as soon as the plants are big enough to handle in order to preserve the root system. Plant out in summer.
Division in spring?
Cultivation: Requires a perfectly drained soil in full sun[1].
Plants resent root disturbance and so should be put out into their permanent positions whilst small[K].
Range: South-western N. America.
Habitat: Desert washes and slopes, especially in seleniferous soils, 1300 - 2200 metres in California[2].
Edibility: Seed - cooked. It is used as a piñole.
Young leaves and stems - cooked[3][4][5]. A rather bitter flavour, they are washed with cold and boiling water several times before being eaten in order to reduce this bitterness[6]. This treatment will also remove many of the vitamins and minerals[K].
Pollinators: Insects
Soil: Can grow in light and medium soils.
Drainage: Prefers well drained soil.
Flower Type: Hermaphrodite
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References
- ↑ Huxley, Anthony. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. MacMillan Press, 1992.
- ↑ Munz, David. A California Flora. University of California Press, 1959.
- ↑ Uphof, Johannes. Dictionary of Economic Plants. Weinheim, 1959.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Yanovsky, Elias. Food Plants of the North American Indians Publication 237. US Department of Agriculture.