Suaeda corniculata
(C. A. Mey.) Bunge
Jiao guo jian peng
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Summary
Annual herb reaching 16 inches tall. Wind-pollinated hermaphrodite flowering August to September with seeds ripening the same period. Tolerates light sandy, medium loamy, and heavy clay soils across mildly acidic to mildly alkaline pH ranges, including saline conditions. Requires full sun and moist soil. Salt-tolerant and suitable for coastal exposure.
Description
An annual herb, It grows 60 cm tall. The stems can lie along the ground or be erect. They are light green and slightly curved. The leaves are narrow and do not have leaf stalks. They are 1-2 cm long by 1-2 mm wide. The seeds are 1-1.5 mm across.
Edible Uses
The seeds can be cooked whole or ground into a powder and mixed with cereals. This is considered a famine food, used only when other food sources have been exhausted.
Medicinal Uses
None known
Distribution
It is a temperate plant. It grows on salty-alkaline soil deserts, lake banks, riversides. It grows in the eastern forests in Manchuria. It can grow in arid places.
Where It Grows
Asia, China, Europe, Manchuria, Mongolia, Russia, Siberia, Ukraine,
Propagation
Sow seed in spring, direct in situ.
Other Uses
None known
Notes
Also put in the family Chenopodiaceae.
References (4)
- BARANOV,
- Plants for a Future database, The Field, Penpol, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0NG, UK. http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/
- Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 6:429. 1880
- Zhu Gelin (Chu Ge-ling); Steven E. Clemants, CHENOPODIACEAE [Draft], Flora of China
