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Summary

Physical Characteristics

Glaux maritima is a PERENNIAL growing to 0.3 m (1ft) by 0.3 m (1ft in).
It is not frost tender. It is in flower from June to August. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Insects. 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 and can grow in saline soils.
It cannot grow in the shade. It prefers moist soil. The plant can tolerate maritime exposure.

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Synonyms

Plant Habitats

Cultivated Beds;

Edible Uses

Edible Parts: Leaves Root Shoots
Edible Uses:

Young shoots - raw or pickled[46, 61, 105]. Roots - cooked[256]. (This report refers to the sub-species G. maritima obtusifolia[256].) The roots can be harvested at almost any time of the year. The North American Indians would boil them for a long time before eating them. Even so, eating the roots was considered to make one sleepy and eating too many of them could make one nauseous[256].

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Medicinal Uses

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Sedative

Some native North American Indians ate the boiled roots to induce sleep[222, 257].

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Other Uses

None known

Special Uses

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Cultivation details

Succeeds in most soils. Dislikes shade.

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Plant Propagation

Seed - sow spring in a cold frame. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and plant them out in the summer. If you have sufficient seed it should be worthwhile trying an outdoor sowing in situ in mid spring. Division in spring. Very easy, larger clumps can be replanted direct into their permanent positions, though it is best to pot up smaller clumps and grow them on in a cold frame until they are rooting well. Plant them out in the spring.

Other Names

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Native Range

TEMPERATE ASIA: Iran, Turkey, Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia (Ciscaucasia), Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russian Federation (Buryatia, Tyva, Respublika, Yakutia-Sakha, Altay, Chita, Irkutsk, Omsk, Tyumen), Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, Russian Federation (Kurile Islands, Habarovskij kraj, Primorye, Magadanskaja oblast, Sakhalin), China (Anhui Sheng, Gansu Sheng, Hebei Sheng, Heilongjiang Sheng, Henan Sheng, Jilin Sheng, Liaoning Sheng, Nei Mongol Zizhiqu, Ningxia Huizi Zizhiqu, Qinghai Sheng, Shaanxi Sheng, Shandong Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu, Xizang Zizhiqu), Korea, Japan (Hokkaidô, Honshu (north)) TROPICAL ASIA: Pakistan NORTHERN AMERICA: Canada (Yukon, Québec, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba, British Columbia), United States (Alaska, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, Maryland, Virginia, New Mexico, California, Nevada, Utah) EUROPE: Denmark, Finland, United Kingdom, Ireland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Russian Federation (European part), Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Russian Federation (Karelia, Murmansk), Ukraine (incl. Krym), Romania, Spain, France, Portugal

Weed Potential

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Conservation Status

IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants Status :

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Latin Name	Common Name	Habit	Height	Hardiness	Growth	Soil	Shade	Moisture	Edible	Medicinal	Other

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.

Glaux maritima - L.