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Summary
Main Bloom Time: Late summer, Mid summer. Form: Upright or erect.
Physical Characteristics
Chasmanthium latifolium is a PERENNIAL growing to 1 m (3ft 3in) at a medium rate.
See above for USDA hardiness. It is hardy to UK zone 4. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Wind.
Suitable for: light (sandy) and medium (loamy) 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
Uniola palmeri. Vasey.
Plant Habitats
Cultivated Beds;
Edible Uses
Edible Parts: Seed
Edible Uses:
Seed - cooked. It can be used as a cereal in making bread, biscuits etc, or can be ground into a flour and used as a mush[177, 257]. A food crop of the Cocopa Indians of Mexico[236].
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Medicinal Uses
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None known
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Other Uses
The dried flower heads are sometimes used in flower arranging[274]. Special Features: Attracts birds, North American native, Invasive, Naturalizing, Wetlands plant, Attracts butterflies. Suitable for cut flowers, Suitable for dried flowers. Landscape Uses - Container, Erosion control, Massing, Seashore, Specimen.
Special Uses
Food Forest
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Cultivation details
Thrives in full sun or dappled shade on rich, moisture-retentive soils sheltered from strong winds[200]. The plant is heat tolerant in zones 9 through 5. (Plant Hardiness Zones show how well plants withstand cold winter temperatures.
Plant Heat Zones show when plants would start suffering from the heat.
The Plant Heat Zone map is based on the number of "heat days" experienced in a given area where the temperature climbs to over 86 degrees F (30°C).
At this temperature, many plants begin to suffer physiological damage. Heat Zones range from 1 (no heat days) to 12 (210 or more heat days).
For example Heat Zone. 11-1 indicates that the plant is heat tolerant in zones 11 through 1.) For polyculture design as well as the above-ground architecture (form - tree, shrub etc. and size shown above) information on the habit and root pattern is also useful and given here if available. The plant growth habit is a clumper with limited spread [1-2]. The root pattern is fibrous dividing into a large number of fine roots [1-2].
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Plant Propagation
Seed - sow early spring in situ and only just cover the seed[1]. Division in spring[200].
Other Names
If available other names are mentioned here
Native Range
NORTHERN AMERICA: United States, Indiana, New Jersey, Ohio (south), Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Illinois, Iowa (central), Kansas (east & south), Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida (northwest), Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Texas, Mexico, Nuevo León,
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
(Michx.)H.O.Yates.
Botanical References
200270274
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