WorldFloraDB - Tolmiea menziesii

Characteristics

It is a perennial plant. It has a well developed underground stem or rhizome. Young plants are produced on the leaves. It grows 30-50 cm high and 45-60 cm wide. The leaves are hairy and lobed and with teeth around the edge. The leaves are 10 cm across. The flowers are small slightly fragrant purplish brown. The flower stems are 30-60 cm long. Small plantlets develop from the buds.

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Basal rosettes usually well developed. Cauline leaves not or only slightly longer than wide, i.e., length-width quotient usually 0.6-1.1 (average 0.9); plantlets frequently produced. 2n = 28.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	herb
Growth support	-
Foliage retention	evergreen
Sexuality	hermaphrodite
Pollination	-
Spread	-
Mature width (meter)	0.3 - 0.5
Mature height (meter)	0.6
Root system	rhizome
Rooting depth (meter)	-
Root diameter (meter)	-
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Blooming months	-
Fruit color	-
Fruiting months	-
Nitrogen fixer	-
Photosynthetic pathway	c3

Environment

It grows on the ground in conifer woodland. It needs protection from the sun. It needs cool moist soil rich in organic matter. It is frost hardy. It needs cool conditions and would only survive at higher altitudes in the tropics. It suits hardiness zones 6-9.

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Moist coniferous woods below 1800 metres, especially by streams.

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Usage

The sprouts are eaten raw in early spring.

Uses	medicinal
Edible	leaves shoots
Therapeutic use	Dermatological Aid (leaf)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Plants can be grown by division. They can also be by removal of plantlets, and from seed.

Mode	divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days)	14 - 28
Germination temperacture (C°)	20
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-17
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-