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Summary
Physical Characteristics
Honckenya peploides is a PERENNIAL growing to 0.2 m (0ft 8in) by 1 m (3ft 3in) at a medium rate.
See above for USDA hardiness. It is hardy to UK zone 5 and is not frost tender. It is in flower from May to August, and the seeds ripen from July to September. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Insects, wind, wind-blown sand. The plant is self-fertile.
Suitable for: light (sandy) and medium (loamy) soils, prefers well-drained soil and can grow in nutritionally poor soil. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It cannot grow in the shade. It prefers dry or moist soil. The plant can tolerate maritime exposure.
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Synonyms
Arenaria peploides.
Plant Habitats
Cultivated Beds;
Edible Uses
Edible Parts: Leaves Seed Shoots
Edible Uses:
Young shoots - raw or cooked and used as a potherb[2, 61, 183]. A sour taste[257]. A delicious flavour, they are rich in vitamins A and C[172, 257]. They are at their best before the plant flowers[172]. The leaves can also be fermented and used like sauerkraut[115, 257]. In Iceland the plant is steeped in sour whey and allowed to ferment. The resulting liquor is said to taste like olive oil and is used as a beverage[183]. Seed - used as a garnish or ground into a powder and added to flour[172]. Very fiddly to harvest[172].
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Medicinal Uses
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None known
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Other Uses
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Cultivation details
Requires a well-drained soil and an open sunny position. Plants are tolerant of short periods of immersion in salt water[17]. When well sited, the plant can spread quite freely at the roots[K]. Grows well in an outdoor bed at Kew[K].
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Plant Propagation
Seed - sow March in a cold frame. Prick out the seedlings into individual pots when they are large enough to handle and plant them out in the summer. Division in early 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: Russian Federation (Yakutia-Sakha (north), Taymyr (north), Jamalo-Neneckij avtonomnyj okrug (north)), Russian Federation (Kurile Islands, Habarovskij kraj, Primorye, Kamcatskij kraj, Magadanskaja oblast, Sakhalin), Korea, Japan (Hokkaidô, Honshu) NORTHERN AMERICA: Canada (Northwest Territories, Yukon (north), Québec (east), Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Manitoba (northeast), British Columbia (west)), Greenland, United States (Alaska (coastal), Connecticut, Maine (south), Massachusetts (east), New Hampshire (southeast), New Jersey, New York (southeast), Rhode Island, Oregon (northwest), Washington (west), Delaware, Maryland (east), Virginia (east)) EUROPE: Denmark, Finland, United Kingdom, Ireland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Belgium (north), Germany (north), Netherlands (north), Poland (north), Russian Federation-European part (European part (north)), Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Spain (north), France (n. & w.), Portugal (west)
Weed Potential
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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
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