Tephroseris palustris
| Tephroseris palustris | |
| Light: |   |
| Moisture: |   |
| Hardiness: | 4 |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Height: | 2' |
| Blooms: | Early Summer-Mid Summer |
| Edible Rating: |  |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Tephroseris palustris (common name: marsh fleawort)
Propagation: Seed - sow spring or late summer in situ. Only just cover the seed and make sure the soil remains moist to enable germination to take place.
Cultivation: Requires a gritty, moisture-retentive but well-drained circumneutral soil and a sunny position[1].
Plants can be short-lived in cultivation[1].
Range: Circumboreal. Formerly native to Britain, now apparently extinct[2].
Habitat: Fen ditches[2].
Edibility: Young leaves and flowering stems - raw or cooked[3][4]. They have been eaten raw in salads, cooked as greens or have been fermented into a sauerkraut[4]. Some caution is advised, see the notes above on toxicity.
Pollinators: Bees, flies
Soil: Can grow in light and medium soils.
Seed Ripens: Mid Summer-Late Summer
Flower Type: Hermaphrodite
Known Hazards: Although no mention of toxicity has been seen for this species, it belongs to a genus that contains a number of plants with a cumulative poisonous effect on the liver[5]. Some caution is advised.
Also Known As: Senecio congestus. (R.Br.)DC. S. palustris. (L.)Hook.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Huxley, Anthony. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. MacMillan Press, 1992.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Clapham, Arthur and Tom Tootin, Edmund Warburg. Flora of the British Isles. Cambridge University Press, 1962.
- ↑ Kunkel, Günther. Plants for Human Consumption. Koeltz Scientific Books, 1984.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Moerman, Daniel. Native American Ethnobotany. Timber Press, 1998.
- ↑ Frohne, Dietrich and Hans Pfänder. J. A Colour Atlas of Poisonous Plants. Timber Press, 1984.