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Corrigiola littoralis

Common name:	Strapwort	Family:	Caryophyllaceae
Author:	L.	Botanical references:	17
Synonyms:
Known Hazards:	None known
Range:	Southwestern Europe, including Britain, from Denmark south and east to N. and E. Africa, W. Asia.
Habitat:	Sandy gravelly banks of ponds at two sites only, one in S. Devon and the other around Helston in &ndndndnd[17].
Edibility Rating (1-5):	1	Medicinal Rating (1-5):	1

Other Possible Synonyms:	From various places across the web, may not be correct. See below.
	C. litoralis[B,DUTCH,L,P]
Other Common Names:	From various places around the Web, may not be correct. See below.
	Riempjes [D], Strapwort [P,L,B],
Epithets:	From a Dictionary of Botanical Epithets
	littoralis = of the sea shore littoral
Systematics:	From a USDA Plants Database
	Order: Caryophyllales. Pink family

Physical Characteristics

Annual/Biennial growing to 0.25m. . It is in flower from July to September. The scented flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by Cleistogomy (self-pollinating without flowers ever opening). The plant is self-fertile. We rate it 1/5 for edibility and 1/5 for medicinal use.

The plant prefers light (sandy) and medium (loamy) soils and requires well-drained soil. The plant prefers acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils. It cannot grow in the shade. It requires moist soil.

Habitats and Possible Locations

Cultivated Beds.

Edible Uses

Leaves.

Leaves[177]. No more details are given.

Medicinal Uses

Disclaimer

Stomachic Tonic.

Stomachic, tonic[61].

Other Uses

Essential.

A perfume is obtained from the roots[61].

Cultivation details

Requires a moist sandy soil, growing well in a rock garden.
The information for this plant probably also applies to the closely related C. telephiifolia from Europe, a species that is said to be perennial.

Propagation

Seed - we have no information on this species but suggest sowing it in pots in a cold frame in the spring or when ripe in the autumn. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and plant them out in early summer.
If larger quantities of seed are available then an outdoor sowing in situ could be tried.

Scent

Root:: No details on scent.

Suppliers

For more details of plant suppliers please see our Suppliers Page which lists many more places to look.

Web References

[H] Details of Scandanavian and European Common names in Henriette's names database
[HP] Links, Photos, Suppliers from Hortiplex Plant Database

References for Corrigiola litoralis (a possible synonym).

[L] Scientific and Common Names (some photos) from Lepidoptera and some other life forms
[B] Data (Latin & Common names, other references) from the BONAP's Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
[P] Data. (uses, distribution, wetland) from the USDA'a Plants database.

References for the family Caryophyllaceae.

[CHINA] Data Very detailed botanical/identification info. from the Flora of China.

See the PFAF Links Pages for other sources.

Also try Photos and info from the The Plants Database which has 14,000 images.

References

[17] Clapham, Tootin and Warburg. Flora of the British Isles. Cambridge University Press 1962
A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures.

[61] Usher. G. A Dictionary of Plants Used by Man. Constable 1974 ISBN 0094579202
Forget the sexist title, this is one of the best books on the subject. Lists a very extensive range of useful plants from around the world with very brief details of the uses. Not for the casual reader.

[177] Kunkel. G. Plants for Human Consumption. Koeltz Scientific Books 1984 ISBN 3874292169
An excellent book for the dedicated. A comprehensive listing of latin names with a brief list of edible parts.

[245] Genders. R. Scented Flora of the World. Robert Hale. London. 1994 ISBN 0-7090-5440-8
An excellent, comprehensive book on scented plants giving a few other plant uses and brief cultivation details. There are no illustrations.

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