Planting: Moist well-drained soil in shade, hardy annual self seeding, 4’.
Propagation Zone 6/7: Seed/Self-sowing
Harvest: Whole plant and seeds harvested when flowering and dried for infusions, extracts, and tablets.
Culinary: Eaten as a vegetable or added to soups, with reputed slimming effects. Dried seeds are roasted as a coffee substitute.
Medicinal: Herb has mild laxative, diuretic and astringent effects. It lowers blood pressure, promotes healing, and is alterative.
Third Eye Vision:
Seeded: Spring 2009 in A4
Links: Wiki
Sources:
The Royal Horticultural Society New Encyclopedia of Herbs and Their Uses (RHS)
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