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| USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada. Vol. 2: 653. |
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Summary
Physical Characteristics
Erigenia bulbosa is a PERENNIAL growing to 0.2 m (0ft 8in). It is in flower from February to April. 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. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland). It prefers moist soil.
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Synonyms
Plant Habitats
Woodland Garden Dappled Shade; Shady Edge;
Edible Uses
Edible Parts: Root
Edible Uses:
Root - raw or cooked[207].
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Medicinal Uses
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Odontalgic
The plant has been chewed to bring relief from toothache[257]. No details are given as to which part of the plant is used.
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Other Uses
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Cultivation details
Requires a shady position in a moisture-retentive humus-rich soil[200]. Grows well in the wild garden or in shaded pockets of the rock garden, though it might need protection from competition with other more vigorous plants[200]. Plants come into new growth and flower very early in the year[200]. 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 tuberous with swollen potato-like roots [1-2].
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Plant Propagation
Seed - sow spring in a greenhouse. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in the greenhouse for their first winter. Plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts. Division of tubers.
Other Names
If available other names are mentioned here
Native Range
NORTHERN AMERICA: Canada, Ontario (south), United States, Indiana, Michigan, New York (west), Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Wisconsin (southeast), Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia (northwest), Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi (north), Tennessee, District of Columbia,
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.
Expert comment
Author
(Michx.)Nutt.
Botanical References
200235
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