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Summary
Physical Characteristics
Turritis glabra is a ANNUAL/BIENNIAL growing to 0.6 m (2ft).
See above for USDA hardiness. It is hardy to UK zone 7. It is in flower from May to July. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs). The plant is self-fertile.
Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and prefers well-drained soil. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It can grow in full shade (deep woodland) semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It prefers moist soil.
UK Hardiness Map
US Hardiness Map
Synonyms
Arabis glabra. (L.)Bernh. A. perfoliata.
Plant Habitats
Woodland Garden Dappled Shade; Shady Edge; not Deep Shade; North Wall. In. East Wall. In.
Edible Uses
Edible Parts: Leaves
Edible Uses: Tea
Young leaves - cooked[177, 179]. An infusion of the plant can be used as a beverage[257].
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Medicinal Uses
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Miscellany Stomachic
An infusion of the plant has been used to check a cold when it first appears[257]. An infusion of the plant has been used as a general preventative for sickness and is given to children when sickness is about[257].
References More on Medicinal Uses
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Other Uses
References More on Other Uses
Cultivation details
An easily grown plant, doing well in ordinary well-drained soil[1]. It also succeeds in dry soils and on walls[K]. Suitable for the wild garden in situations similar to those in its wild habitat[200].
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Plant Propagation
Seed - sow late summer in situ.
Other Names
If available other names are mentioned here
Native Range
TEMPERATE ASIA: Afghanistan, Iran (north), Turkey, Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia (Ciscaucasia), Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation (Dagestan), Russian Federation (Altay, Buryatia, Chita, Gorno-Altay, Hakasija, Respublika, Irkutsk, Kemerovskaja oblast, Krasnoyarsk, Kurganskaja oblast, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Sverdlovsk, Tomsk, Tyumen, Tyva, Respublika), Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Russian Federation (Kurile Islands, Habarovskij kraj, Primorye), China (Zhejiang Sheng, Jiangsu Sheng, Liaoning Sheng, Shandong Sheng, Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu), Korea, Japan (Hokkaidô, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku) TROPICAL ASIA: India (Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh), Nepal, Pakistan (north) NORTHERN AMERICA: Canada (Northwest Territories, Yukon, Québec, Ontario, New Brunswick, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba, British Columbia), United States (Alaska, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, Connecticut, Iowa, Kansas (northeast), Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, Illinois, Wisconsin, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah) EUROPE: Denmark, Finland, United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Russian Federation (European part), Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Ukraine (incl. Krym), Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Croatia, Italy (incl. Sicily), North Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, France, Portugal (northeast) AFRICA: Algeria (north), Morocco, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo (east)
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
17200
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