Legousia pentagonia
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Taxonomy and growth
- Family
- Campanulaceae
- Genus
- Legousia
- Life cycle
- annual
- Height
- 0.3 m
- Flower type
- hermaphrodite
Uses
Edible uses
Tender young shoots - raw[2][3].
- Plant part
- Leaves
Environment
- Range
- Europe - E. Mediterranean.
- Habitat
- Cornfields and waste places[5].
- Light
- full sun
- Shade tolerance
- no shade
- Water
- moderate
- Soil textures
- sandy, loamy, clay
- Soil pH
- acid, neutral, alkaline
- Tolerates Nutritionally Poor Soil
- No
- Drought
- intolerant
Propagation
Seed - sow spring in situ and only just cover the seed[4].
Cultivation
An easily grown plant, succeeding in a sunny position in an ordinary good garden soil[1][4].
References
F. Chittendon. RHS Dictionary of Plants plus Supplement. 1956 Oxford University Press 1951-00-00
Tanaka. T. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World. Keigaku Publishing 1976-00-00
Hill. A. F. Economic Botany. The Maple Press 1952-00-00
Huxley. A. The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. MacMillan Press 1992-00-00 ISBN 0-333-47494-5
Polunin. O. and Huxley. A. Flowers of the Mediterranean. Hogarth Press 1987-00-00 ISBN 0-7012-0784-1