Thlaspi perfoliatum
| Thlaspi perfoliatum | |
| Light: |  |
| Moisture: |  |
| Hardiness: | 6 |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Self Pollinated | |
| Height: | 1' |
| Blooms: | Late Spring-Mid Summer |
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| Edible Rating: |  |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Thlaspi perfoliatum (common name: pennycress)
Propagation: Seed - sow in situ in March or April.
Cultivation: Succeeds in most soils. Dislikes shade.
An over-wintering annual, the seed germinating in the autumn[1].
Range: Europe, including Britain, from Norway south and east to N. Africa and the eastern Mediterranean.
Habitat: Limestone spoil in Oxford, Gloucester, Wilts and Worcester, casual elsewhere[1].
Edibility: Young leaves - raw or cooked[2][3][4][5][6][7]. A bitter taste and aroma[4][8]. Added to salads, cooked in soups or used as a potherb, they taste somewhat like mustard but with a hint of onion[9].
The seed is ground into a powder and used as a mustard substitute[10][9].
The seed can be sprouted and added to salads[9].
Usage: The seed contains 20 - 30% of a semi-drying oil, it is used for lighting[11].
Pollinators: Bees, flies, 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.
- ↑ Hedrick, Ulysses. Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World. Dover Publications, 1972.
- ↑ Mabey, Richard. Food for Free. Collins, 1974.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Launert, Edmund. Edible and Medicinal Plants. Hamlyn, 1981.
- ↑ Larkcom, Joy. Salads all the Year Round. Hamlyn, 1980.
- ↑ Elias, Thomas. A Field Guide to North American Edible Wild Plants. Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1982.
- ↑ Mitchell, Alan. Conifers in the British Isles. Stationery Office Books, 1975.
- ↑ Harrington, Harold. Edible Native Plants of the Rocky Mountains. University of New Mexico Press, 1967.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Facciola, Stephen. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, 1990.
- ↑ Tanaka, Tyōzaburō. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World. Keigaku Publishing, 1976.
- ↑ Komarov, Vladimir. Flora of the USSR. Gantner Verlag, 1968.