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Centranthus ruber

Perennial

HomePerennialCentranthus ruber

Waste land, rocks, old walls etc. Prefers alkaline conditions.

Family: Valerianaceae
Height: 0.9 m / 3 ft
Sun
Light, Medium and Heavy Soil
Dry to Moist

Plant Rating

Edible Uses: 2 of 5
Medicinal Uses: 1 of 5
Other Uses: 1 of 5

Native Habitat

Red Valerian, Fox's Brush, Jupiter's Beard Centranthus ruber native habitat is Waste land, rocks, old walls etc. Prefers alkaline conditions.

Edible Uses

Young leaves - raw or cooked as greens. Exceedingly good, either in salads or cooked as a vegetable. This differs from our own experience, whilst the leaves can be added to salads they are rather bitter and rather less than desirable. Root - cooked. Used in soups.

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