Peltaria alliacea Jacq.

Peltaire d'Europe (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Brassicales > Brassicaceae > Peltaria

Characteristics

A cabbage family herb. It forms clumps. It milder places it can keep growing from year to year. It grows 30 cm tall and wide. The flowering stems can be 60 cm tall. The flowers are white.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.3
Mature height (meter) 0.3
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant.
More
Hills and woods.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-7
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-7

Usage

The flowers and leaves are eaten in salads. They have a flavour of garlic and mustard. (They become bitter in hot weather.)
Uses -
Edible flowers leaves stems
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seed or by division of the clump.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Peltaria alliacea unspecified picture

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:288039-1
WFO ID wfo-0000396944
COL ID 76DD4
BDTFX ID 48216
INPN ID 112645
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Synonyms

Clypeola perennis Peltaria alliacea Clypeola alliacea Peltaria perennis Bohadschia alliacea