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Lallemantia iberica

Lallemantia iberica

Edibility
3/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitAnnual/Biennial
Growth—

Grows best in a warm, sunny location. Requires a neutral to calciferous, light, well-drained soil[1, 2]. Dislikes clay soils and acid soils[2].The plant develops deep roots, helping it to resist droughts[2]. The seeds do not ripen at the same time and fall to the ground easily, which is why the harvest should begin as early as possible, ideally when the seeds of the main shoot start turning brown. Depending on the weather conditions, yields can amount to 10 - 25 dt/ha, with an oil content between 26 - 40%[2]. To counteract irregular ripening, it is advisable to sow the seeds closely. If the plants do not stand close together, they produce too many side shoots, which in turn promotes seed ripening at different time[2]. The flowers are very attractive to bees[3].

Propagation

Seed - sow mid-spring in situ. The minimum temperature for the seed to germinate is 2 - 3°c[2]. Very fast germination[PFAF], seedlings grow away rapidly and are able to outcompete other annual weeds[4]. Cite as: Temperate Plants Database, Ken Fern. temperate.theferns.info. 2026-02-21. <temperate.theferns.info/plant/Lallemantia+iberica>

Pollinators

Bees

References

  1. [1]The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. — Huxley. A. · MacMillan Press · 1992 · ISBN 0-333-47494-5 ↩︎Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed.
  2. [2]Vegetable Fats and Oils — Krist S. (Translated by Barbara Bauer) · Springer Nature; Switzerland · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30314-3 · ISBN 978-3-030-30314-3 ↩︎
  3. [3]Flora of the USSR. — Komarov. V. L. · Israel Program for Scientific Translation · 1968 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org · ISBN - ↩︎An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
  4. [4]The National Non-Food Crops Centre Crop Database — http://www.nnfcc.co.uk/crops/pd.cfm ↩︎An excellent on-line information source, with information on over 100 species (as of 2006) of plants being investigated as bio-crops.
  5. [5]Flora Europaea — ? · Cambridge University Press · 1964 · ISBN - ↩︎An immense work in 6 volumes (including the index). The standard reference flora for Europe, it is very terse though and with very little extra information. Not for the casual reader.
  6. [6]Flora of Turkey. — Davis. P. H. · Edinburgh University Press · 1965 · ISBN - ↩︎Not for the casual reader, this is an immense work in many volumes. Some details of plant uses and habitats.
  7. [7]Dictionary of Economic Plants. — Uphof. J. C. Th. · Weinheim · 1959 · ISBN - ↩︎An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.
  8. [8]A Dictionary of Plants Used by Man. — Usher. G. · 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.
  9. [9]Tanaka's Cyclopedia of Edible Plants of the World. — Tanaka. T. & Nakao S. · Keigaku Publishing; Tokyo · 1976 · ISBN - ↩︎The most comprehensive list of edible plants I've come across. Only the briefest entry for each species, though, and some of the entries are more than a little dubious. Not for the casual reader.
  10. [10]Plants for Human Consumption. — Kunkel. G. · 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.
  11. [11]Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. — Facciola. S. · Kampong Publications · 1990 · ISBN 0-9628087-0-9 ↩︎Excellent. Contains a very wide range of conventional and unconventional food plants (including tropical) and where they can be obtained (mainly N. American nurseries but also research institutes and a lot of other nurseries from around the world.
  12. [12]Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World. — Hedrick. U. P. · Dover Publications · 1972 · ISBN 0-486-20459-6 ↩︎Lots of entries, quite a lot of information in most entries and references.
  13. [13]Plants with a Purpose. — Mabey. R. · Fontana · 1979 · ISBN 0-00-635555-2 ↩︎Details on some of the useful wild plants of Britain. Poor on pictures but otherwise very good.
  14. [14]Ethnobotanical investigation of traditional medicinal plants commercialized in the markets of Mashhad, Iran — Amiri M.S. & Joharchi M.R. · 2013 ↩︎Brief information on the traditional medicinal uses of 267 species of plant in Iran
  15. [15]Iranian Medicinal Plants: From Ethnomedicine to Actual Studies — Buso P. et al · 2020 · http://10.3390/medicina56030097 ↩︎
  16. [16]Plants for Man. — Schery. R. W. ↩︎Fairly readable but not very comprehensive. Deals with plants from around the world.
  17. [17]The Plant Wealth of Iraq. — Chakravarty. H. L. ↩︎It is surprising how many of these plants can be grown in Britain. A very readable book on the useful plants of Iraq.
  18. [PFAF]Plants for a Future — pfaf.org ↩︎