Globularia vulgaris
Taxonomy and growth
- Family
- Globulariaceae
- Genus
- Globularia
- Life cycle
- perennial
- Foliage
- evergreen
- Height
- 0.2 m
- Flower type
- hermaphrodite
Uses
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.
The leaves are antirheumatic, laxative and stimulant[2]. The plant is a mild laxative, but it also has a beneficial effect on the stomach and is therefore preferable to many other laxatives[2].
- Product or use
- Anthelmintic
- Product or use
- Laxative
- Product or use
- Stimulant
Environment
- Range
- Western Europe in Sweden, France and Spain.
- Habitat
- Dry calcareous soils[2].
- Light
- full sun
- Shade tolerance
- no shade
- Water
- moderate
- Hardiness
- Zone 6+
- Soil textures
- sandy, loamy
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Drainage
- well drained
- Tolerates Nutritionally Poor Soil
- No
- Drought
- intolerant
Propagation
Seed - best sown in a cold frame as soon as it is ripe[1]. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in the greenhouse for their first winter. Plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts. Division. Cuttings of semi-ripe wood, June/July in a cold frame[1].
Cultivation
Requires a gritty well-drained circumneutral or slightly alkaline soil in full sun[1]. Grows well in a dry sunny position in the rock garden[1].
References
Huxley. A. The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. MacMillan Press 1992-00-00 ISBN 0-333-47494-5
Chiej. R. Encyclopaedia of Medicinal Plants. MacDonald 1984-00-00 ISBN 0-356-10541-5