Rhagodia nutans
Climbing Saltbush
a perennial evergreen member of the Rhagodia genus in the family Chenopodiaceae.
Taxonomy and growth
- Family
- Chenopodiaceae
- Genus
- Rhagodia
- Life cycle
- perennial
- Foliage
- evergreen
- Height
- 0.2 m
- Spread
- 0.5 m
Uses
Edible uses
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Young leaves - cooked. A salty and slightly bitter flavour[K]. Fruit - raw or cooked. They are very small and fiddly to harvest with very little flavour[K].
- Plant part
- Fruit
- Plant part
- Leaves
Environment
- Range
- Australia - New South Wales.
- Habitat
- Heavy soils[1].
- Light
- full sun
- Shade tolerance
- no shade
- Water
- moderate
- Hardiness
- Zone 9+
- Soil textures
- sandy, loamy, clay
- Soil pH
- acid, neutral, alkaline
- Drainage
- well drained
- Tolerates Nutritionally Poor Soil
- No
- Drought
- intolerant
Propagation
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Seed - sow spring in a greenhouse and only just cover the seed. Germination should take place within a week, prick out the seedlings into individual pots when they are large enough to handle and plant them out after the last expected frosts.
Cultivation
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Requires a sunny position and a well-drained soil. This species is probably not hardy even in the milder areas of Britain, though it can be grown as an annual, flowering and setting seed in its first year[K].
References
Carolin. R. & Tindale. M. Flora of the Sydney Region Reed. Australia. 1993-00-00 ISBN 0730104001