Glehnia littoralis F.Schmidt

American silvertop (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Glehnia

Characteristics

Plants 20–70 cm. Taproot elongate, cylindrical or fusiform, 20–70 × 0.5–1.5 cm, yellowish white. Basal and lower leaves long-petiolate, 5–15 cm; blade broad-ovate, 1–2-ternate; ultimate segments oblong to broadly obovate, 1–6 × 0.8–3.5 cm, scabrous along nerves, incised-serrate with white-cartilaginous-margins, apex obtuse-rounded. Umbels 3–6 cm across; peduncles 2–6 cm; rays 8–16, 1–3 cm, unequal; bracteoles linear-lanceolate; pedicels 15–20. Calyx teeth 0.5–1 mm. Fruit 6–13 × 6–10 mm. Fl. and fr. Jun–Aug. n = 11*.
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A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 10-20 cm high. It has a long cylinder shaped taproot. This is 1-2 cm across. It has white hairs. The leaves have 3 leaflets. They are triangle shaped in outline. The flowers are small and white.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.01 - 0.02
Mature height (meter) 0.25 - 0.3
Root system tap-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in strong sun on coastal sand dunes.
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Sandy banks by the sea, all around Japan.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

The young leaves and leaf stalks are used to add flavour and fragrance. They are pickled and served with fish. They are used to flavour toso-the sweet Japanese sake. The root in used in soup with meat or chicken.
Uses food medicinal
Edible leaves roots stems
Therapeutic use Anodyne (unspecified), Antispasmodic (unspecified), Bath (unspecified), Chest (unspecified), Cold (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Diaphoretic (unspecified), Febrifuge (unspecified), Food (unspecified), Kidney (unspecified), Liver (unspecified), Thirst (unspecified), Croup (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Hyperacidity (unspecified), Spice (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Glehnia littoralis unspecified picture

Distribution

Glehnia littoralis world distribution map, present in Canada, China, Japan, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Russian Federation, Taiwan, Province of China, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:842779-1
WFO ID wfo-0000703677
COL ID 3G74D
BDTFX ID 102007
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Glehnia littoralis Cymopterus glaber Phellopterus littoralis Phellopterus littoralis Cymopterus littoralis

Lower taxons

Glehnia littoralis subsp. leiocarpa