Corrigiola littoralis
Strapwort
an annual or biennial member of the Corrigiola genus in the family Caryophyllaceae.
Taxonomy and growth
- Family
- Caryophyllaceae
- Genus
- Corrigiola
- Life cycle
- annual, biennial
- Height
- 0.25 m
- Fertility
- Self fertile, Cleistogomous, Self
- Flower type
- hermaphrodite
- Pollinators
- Cleistogomous, Self
Uses
Edible uses
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Leaves[2]. No more details are given.
- Plant part
- Leaves
Medicinal uses
Historical medicinal uses. These records describe reported uses. They do not establish safety or effectiveness. Ask a qualified health professional before using any plant medicinally.
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Stomachic, tonic[3].
- Product or use
- Stomachic
- Product or use
- Tonic
Material uses
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A perfume is obtained from the roots[3].
- Product or use
- Essential
Environment
- Range
- Southwestern Europe, including Britain, from Denmark south and east to N. and E. Africa, W. Asia.
- Habitat
- Sandy gravelly banks of ponds at two sites only, one in S. Devon and the other around Helston in Cornwall[1].
- Light
- full sun
- Shade tolerance
- no shade
- Water
- moderate
- Soil textures
- sandy, loamy
- Soil pH
- acid, neutral, alkaline
- Drainage
- well drained
- Tolerates Nutritionally Poor Soil
- No
- Drought
- intolerant
Propagation
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Seed - we have no information on this species but suggest sowing it in pots in a cold frame in the spring or when ripe in the autumn. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and plant them out in early summer. If larger quantities of seed are available then an outdoor sowing in situ could be tried.
Cultivation
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Requires a moist sandy soil, growing well in a rock garden. The information for this plant probably also applies to the closely related C. telephiifolia from Europe, a species that is said to be perennial.
References
Clapham, Tootin and Warburg. Flora of the British Isles. Cambridge University Press 1962-00-00
Kunkel. G. Plants for Human Consumption. Koeltz Scientific Books 1984-00-00 ISBN 3874292169
Usher. G. A Dictionary of Plants Used by Man. Constable 1974-00-00 ISBN 0094579202