Sisymbrium matritense
P.W.Ball & Heywood
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Lynn Sweet
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Lynn Sweet
Summary
An annual or biennial plant reaching 0.9 m (3ft) tall with hermaphroditic flowers. Grows well in light sandy, medium loamy, or heavy clay soils across mildly acidic to mildly alkaline pH ranges. Tolerates semi-shade in light woodland or full sun and prefers moist soil conditions.
Description
An annual or biennial plant reaching 0.9 m (3ft) tall with hermaphroditic flowers. Grows well in light sandy, medium loamy, or heavy clay soils across mildly acidic to mildly alkaline pH ranges. Tolerates semi-shade in light woodland or full sun and prefers moist soil conditions.
Edible Uses
Eaten cooked. No specific plant part is recorded, though it is most likely the young leaves and possibly the young shoots and young flowering stems.
Medicinal Uses
None known.
Distribution
It is a temperate plant.
Where It Grows
Europe, Spain,
Cultivation
Not known
Propagation
Seed -
Other Uses
None known Special Uses
Notes
There are about 80 Sisymbrium species.
References (1)
- Plants for a Future database, The Field, Penpol, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0NG, UK. http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/
