![]() Cultural Conditions: Light: Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day) Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours) Soil Texture: Clay High Organic Matter Loam (Silt) Sand Soil pH: Acid (8.0) Neutral (6.0-8.0) Soil Drainage: Good Drainage Moist Available Space To Plant: 12 inches-3 feet 3 feet-6 feet NC Region: Coastal Mountains Piedmont USDA Plant Hardiness Zone: 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b. ![]() Whole Plant Traits: Plant Type: Annual Edible Weed Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics: Deciduous Habit/Form: Multi-stemmed Pyramidal Growth Rate: Rapid Maintenance: High.However, the plant has saponins and oxalic acid so cook, steam, and/or freeze before consuming parts of this plant. Play Value: Wildlife Food Source Wildlife Larval Host Edibility: Seeds, leaves, shoots, and flowers can be edible to an extent though they are not particularly palatable. Life Cycle: Annual Recommended Propagation Strategy: Seed Country Or Region Of Origin: Eurasia Wildlife Value: The leaves are a food source for many caterpillars including the skippers Staphylus hayhurstii (Hayhurst's Scallopwing) and Pholisora catullus (Common Sootywing), and moths Grammia virgo (Virgin Tiger Moth), Emmelina monodactyla (Morning Glory Plume Moth), Amyna octo (The Eight-Spot), Chrysoesthia lingulacella (Flamboyent Twirler Moth), and Scythris limbella (Chenopodium Scythris Moth), beetles, grasshoppers, mammals, and songbirds especially sparrows. Attributes: Genus: Chenopodium Species: album Family: Amaranthaceae Uses (Ethnobotany): Native Americans have made a flour from the dried seeds.Tags: #annuals #edible plant #weeds #edible weed #gray leaves #silver leaves #white leaves #weedy #velvety #summer annual weed #high maintenance #fast growing #summer flowers #blue-green leaves #disturbed areas #hairy leaves #edible seeds #edible garden #edible leaves #wind pollinated #annual weed #warm season weed See this plant in the following landscape: Cultivars / Varieties: ![]() See Clemson's publication on broadleaf weeds. Pulling up seedlings before they set seed or mowing over plants before they produce seed are two management options. Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: It can be quite weedy in disturbed areas and the seeds can remain viable in the soil for many years. It attracts butterflies, moths, small mammals, and songbirds. Better yet, plant it in naturalized areas to feed wildlife. Though edible, the plant’s parts are not particularly palatable and are mildly toxic when consumed raw cook, steam, and/or freeze before consuming. The flowers are not very showy and are pollinated by the wind. It is covered with soft wooly hairs so it has a velvety feel. Goosefoot grows rapidly, spreading greenish-blue to gray leaves anywhere from 4 inches to 6 feet tall and 4 to 12 inches wide, depending on the nutrient level of the soil. Each plant produces large amounts of seed that allow this plant to become aggressive in the landscape. Plants grown in more fertile soils have a more palatable taste and are a nutritious weed if enjoyed in moderation. ![]() This plant prefers full sun and moist fertile loamy soils though it tolerates partial shade and a range of soil types. In its native habitat of Europe and Asia it is found growing in waste sites, farm land, or riparian wetland habitats and is often one of the first weeds to appear on newly disturbed soils. This common name comes from the shape of the leaves resembling a goose's foot. Goosefoot is a highly adaptable and nutritious summer annual edible in the Amaranthaceae (buckwheat) family. At the time of frost flowers on frostweed, the author has observed stems of yellow ironweed being dead without any sign of having split.Phonetic Spelling ken-oh-POH-dee-um AL-bum This plant has low severity poison characteristics. (Although reported by some, frost flowers do not seem to form on yellow ironweed, a relative of frostweed in the wingstem group. Dittany is more cold-tolerant than frostweed, such that dittany’s frost flowers form later in the season. In Arkansas, in addition to frostweed, other species that are know for their frost flowers are dittany ( Cunila origanoides) and sweetscent ( Pluchea odorata). The intricate and unique patterns of the delicate ice ribbons can form stunning shapes and structures, some appearing as elaborate “blooming” flowers, thus the name “frost flowers.”įrost flowers occur in many parts of the world however, very few species produce frost flowers. Frost flower that formed during a successive hard freeze. ![]()
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