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Erophila verna

Common name:	Whitlow Grass	Family:	Cruciferae
Author:	(L.)Chevall.	Botanical references:	17
Synonyms:	Draba verna (L.)
Known Hazards:	None known
Range:	Most of Europe, including Britain, south to N. Africa and east to temperate Asia.
Habitat:	Rocks, walls and dry places[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.
	Draba praecox[B,P] Draba verna var. aestivalis[B,P] Draba verna var. boerhaavii[B] Draba verna var. boerhaavii van[P] Draba verna var. major[B,P] E. spathulata[B,P] E. verna ssp. praecox[B,P] E. verna ssp. spathulata[B,P]
Other Common Names:	From various places around the Web, may not be correct. See below.
	Common Whitlow Grass [L], Spring Whitlow-grass [B], Spring Whitlowgrass [P], Vroegeling [D], Whitlow Grass [E],
Epithets:	From a Dictionary of Botanical Epithets
	verna = of spring
Systematics:	From a USDA Plants Database
	Order: Capparales. Renamed to Brassicaceae -- Mustard family
Other Range Info:	From the Ethnobotany Database
	Spain

Physical Characteristics

Annual growing to 0.2m. . It is in flower from March to June. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by Bees and flies. The plant is self-fertile. We rate it 1/5 for edibility and 1/5 for medicinal use.

The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and requires well-drained soil. The plant prefers acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It requires dry or moist soil.

Habitats and Possible Locations

Cultivated Beds, In Walls, In South Wall, In East Wall, In West Wall.

Edible Uses

Leaves.

Leaves - raw[115].

Medicinal Uses

Disclaimer

Astringent Vulnerary.

The plant is astringent and vulnerary[240]. It is used as a treatment for whitlows[240].

Other Uses

None known

Cultivation details

A native plant, we have no information on its cultivation needs but judging by its wild habitat it probably requires a light well-drained dry to moist soil and a sunny position[K].
A polymorphic species[17].

Propagation

Seed - sow in situ when it is ripe in the summer or sow stored seed in situ in early spring.

Suppliers

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Web References

[E] Ethnobotany Data (common names, uses, countries) from the Ethnobotany Database.
[P] Data. (uses, distribution, wetland) from the USDA'a Plants database.
[HP] Links, Photos, Suppliers from Hortiplex Plant Database

References for Draba verna (a possible synonym).

[E] Ethnobotany Data (common names, uses, countries) from the Ethnobotany Database.
[V] Images from the Vascular Plant Image Gallery of the Texas A& M Bioinformatics Working Group.
[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.
[C] Taxon data. from the CalFlora database.
Images from the CalPhoto database.
[G] Data (Common Names, Uses, Distribution) from the USDA/ARS NPGS's GRIN taxonomic database.
[P] Data. (uses, distribution, wetland) from the USDA'a Plants database.

References for erophila verna (a possible synonym).

[HP] PhotoFrom Henriette's plant pictures
[HP] PhotoFrom Henriette's plant pictures

See the PFAF Links Pages for other sources.

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

References

[K] Ken Fern
Notes from observations, tasting etc at Plants For A Future and on field trips.

[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.

[115] Johnson. C. P. The Useful Plants of Great Britain.
Written about a hundred years ago, but still a very good guide to the useful plants of Britain.

[240] Chopra. R. N., Nayar. S. L. and Chopra. I. C. Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants (Including the Supplement). Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi. 1986
Very terse details of medicinal uses of plants with a wide range of references and details of research into the plants chemistry. Not for the casual reader.

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