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Summary
Physical Characteristics
Picris hieracioides is a BIENNIAL/PERENNIAL growing to 0.9 m (3ft) by 0.3 m (1ft in).
See above for USDA hardiness. It is hardy to UK zone 6 and is not frost tender. It is in flower from July to October, and the seeds ripen from July to October. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Bees, flies, Apomictic (reproduce by seeds formed without sexual fusion). The plant is self-fertile.
Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and prefers well-drained soil. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils and can grow in very alkaline soils.
It cannot grow in the shade. It prefers dry or moist soil.
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Synonyms
Plant Habitats
Meadow; Hedgerow;
Edible Uses
Edible Parts: Leaves
Edible Uses:
Young leaves - raw or cooked as a pot-herb[2, 4, 105]. Not wonderful raw, they are slightly better cooked[173]. A rather bitter flavour[K].
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Medicinal Uses
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Febrifuge
The bitter leaves have been used as a febrifuge[240]. The plant is mixed with Swertia pedicellata and pounded to a paste thn applied to the forehead to treat headaches[272].
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Other Uses
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Cultivation details
Prefers a dryish soil but succeeds in most soils[200]. Dislikes shade. Wild plants are an indicator of calcareous soils[200]. Seed is often produced apomictically[17]. Any seedlings from this seed will be genetically identical to the parent plant.
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Plant Propagation
Seed - sow spring in situ, only just covering the seed. Germination should take place quite quickly.
Other Names
If available other names are mentioned here
Native Range
TEMPERATE ASIA: Syria, Turkey, Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia (Ciscaucasia), Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation (Dagestan), Russian Federation (Buryatia, Gorno-Altay, Tyva, Respublika, Altay, Krasnoyarsk, Chita, Irkutsk, Kemerovskaja oblast, Kurganskaja oblast, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Tomsk, Tyumen), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russian Federation (Amur, Habarovskij kraj, Kurile Islands, Primorye, Sakhalin), China (Anhui Sheng, Gansu Sheng, Guizhou Sheng, Hebei Sheng, Heilongjiang Sheng, Henan Sheng, Jilin Sheng, Liaoning Sheng, Nei Mongol Zizhiqu, Qinghai Sheng, Shaanxi Sheng, Shandong Sheng, Shanxi Sheng, Sichuan Sheng, Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu, Xizang Zizhiqu, Yunnan Sheng), Korea, Japan (Hokkaidô, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku) TROPICAL ASIA: Bhutan, India (Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Meghalaya, Uttar Pradesh), Nepal EUROPE: Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Russian Federation (European part), Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Ukraine (incl. Krym), Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Croatia, Italy (incl. Sicily), North Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, France, Portugal
Weed Potential
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Please note that a plant may be invasive in one area but may not in your area so it’s worth checking.
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants Status :
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
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Botanical References
17
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