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Summary

Physical Characteristics

Laserpitium siler is a PERENNIAL growing to 1 m (3ft 3in). 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) or no shade. It prefers moist soil.

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Synonyms

Plant Habitats

Woodland Garden Sunny Edge; Dappled Shade;

Edible Uses

Edible Parts:
Edible Uses: Condiment

The roots and seeds are used as a condiment[61, 177, 183].

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Medicinal Uses

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Odontalgic

Odontalgic[61].

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Other Uses

None known

Special Uses

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Cultivation details

An easily satisfied plant, it succeeds in ordinary garden soil[1].

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Plant Propagation

Seed - sow spring in a cold frame. 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 in the spring.

Other Names

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Native Range

EUROPE: Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Liechtenstein, Latvia, Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Croatia, Italy, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, France

Weed Potential

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Conservation Status

IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants Status :

Related Plants

Latin Name	Common Name	Habit	Height	Hardiness	Growth	Soil	Shade	Moisture	Edible	Medicinal	Other
Laserpitium latifolium	Laserwort	Perennial	1.5	-		LMH	SN	M	1	1
Laserpitium prutenicum		Biennial	0.9	-		LMH	SN	M	0	1

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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Dr. med. Veronika Rampold	Thu Dec 22 2005

Fournier says about this herb that its root which is bitter and a bit pungent, and even more the seeds which have a smell of anis mingled with that of coriander, have been reputed as diuretic, emmenagogue and stomachic. the seeds have been used as a substitute to fennel or caraway. In alpine Austria they made with its essential oil, which is of a blue color, an aromatic liqueur. The mountain people sometimes ate the root as a vegetable.

Laserpitium siler - L.