Turritis glabra
| Turritis glabra | |
| Light: |    |
| Moisture: |  |
| Hardiness: | 7 |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Self Pollinated | |
| Height: | 2' |
| Blooms: | Late Spring-Mid Summer |
| Open Woods Forest | |
| Native to: | |
| Edible Rating: |  |
| Medicinal Rating: |  |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Turritis glabra (common name: tower cress)
Propagation: Seed - sow late summer in situ.
Cultivation: An easily grown plant, doing well in ordinary well-drained soil[1]. It also succeeds in dry soils and on walls[K].
Suitable for the wild garden in situations similar to those in its wild habitat[2].
Range: Europe, including Britain, from Scandanavia south and east to N. Africa, temperate Asia to Japan.
Habitat: Dry banks, cliffs and rocks, roadsides and waste places, especially in E. England[3].
Edibility: Young leaves - cooked[4][5].
An infusion of the plant can be used as a beverage[6].
Medicinal: An infusion of the plant has been used to check a cold when it first appears[6].
An infusion of the plant has been used as a general preventative for sickness and is given to children when sickness is about[6].
Pollinators: Self
Soil: Can grow in light, medium, and heavy soils.
Drainage: Prefers well drained soil.
Flower Type: Hermaphrodite
Also Known As: Arabis glabra. (L.)Bernh. A. perfoliata.
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References
- ↑ Chittendon, Fred. RHS Dictionary of Plants. Oxford University Press, 1951.
- ↑ Huxley, Anthony. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. MacMillan Press, 1992.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Read, Bernard. Famine Foods Listed in the Chiu Huang Pen Ts'ao. Taipei Southern Materials Centre, 1977.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Moerman, Daniel. Native American Ethnobotany. Timber Press, 1998.