Veronica agrestis
| Veronica agrestis | |
| Light: |  |
| Moisture: |  |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Self Pollinated | |
| Height: | 0.3' |
| Blooms: | Mid Winter-Early Winter |
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| Edible Rating: |  |
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| Tea: | Yes |
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Veronica agrestis (common name: field speedwell)
Propagation: Seed - sow spring or autumn in situ.
Cultivation: Easily grown in a moderately fertile moisture retentive well drained soil[1]. Prefers cool summers[1].
Range: Europe, including Britain, from Norway south and east to N. Africa, W. Asia.
Habitat: Cultivated ground throughout Britain, common in the north, local in the south[2].
Edibility: Leaves and young shoots - raw or cooked. A bitter flavour[K]. A famine food, it is only used when all else fails[3].
Medicinal: A decoction of the plant is used in the treatment of dysmenorrhoea and haemorrhage.[4]
Pollinators: Dryoptera, hymenoptera, self
Soil: Can grow in light, medium, and heavy soils.
Drainage: Prefers well drained soil.
In Leaf: Evergreen
Flower Type: Hermaphrodite
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
- ↑ Read, Bernard. Famine Foods Listed in the Chiu Huang Pen Ts'ao. Taipei Southern Materials Centre, 1977.
- ↑ Duke, James and Edward Ayensu. Medicinal Plants of China. Reference Publications, 1985.