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Summary
Coronopus squamatus (Forssk.) Asch. is now recorded as synonym of Lepidium coronopus (L.) Al-Shehbaz
Physical Characteristics
Coronopus squamatus is a ANNUAL/BIENNIAL growing to 0.3 m (1ft). It is in flower from June to September, and the seeds ripen from August to October. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Flies. The plant is self-fertile.
Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It prefers moist soil.
UK Hardiness Map
US Hardiness Map
Synonyms
C. procumbens. C. ruellii. Cochlearia coronopus. Senebiera coronopus.
Plant Habitats
Cultivated Beds;
Edible Uses
Edible Parts: Leaves Root
Edible Uses:
Leaves - raw or cooked[74, 105]. Nauseously acrid and foetid, requiring much boiling to render them edible[177]. Root - cooked[74].
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Medicinal Uses
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None known
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Other Uses
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Cultivation details
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Plant Propagation
Seed - sow spring or autumn in situ.
Other Names
If available other names are mentioned here
Crowfoot, Greater swinecress, creeping wartcress,
swinecress, coronopus. Denmark: Almindelig ravnefod.
Estonia: lamav teekress.
Latvia: Gulscioji varnakoje.
Lithuania: zvinaina varnaspeda.
Norway: Krkekarse
Poland: Wron¢g grzebieniasty.
Sweden: Krkkrassing.
Native Range
TEMPERATE ASIA: Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation (Dagestan) EUROPE: Denmark, Finland, United Kingdom, Ireland, Sweden (south), Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine (incl. Krym), Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece (incl. Crete), Croatia, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), North Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain (incl. Baleares), France (incl. Corsica), Portugal AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt (north), Libya (north), Morocco, Tunisia
Weed Potential
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This plant can be weedy or invasive. A noxious weed in Arizona and California, USA.
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants Status : This taxon has not yet been assessed.
Growth: S = slow M = medium F = fast. Soil: L = light (sandy) M = medium H = heavy (clay). pH: A = acid N = neutral B = basic (alkaline). Shade: F = full shade S = semi-shade N = no shade. Moisture: D = dry M = Moist We = wet Wa = water.
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Author
(Forssk.)Asch.
Botanical References
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