Phedimus stoloniferus
Phedimus stoloniferus
Safety & Hazards
All species in the genus Sedum (including the closely allied genera such as Hylotelephium and Phedimus) have more or less edible leaves and young flowering stems, though they are not always totally desireable with several species having bitter, acrid or peppery flavours! However, the plants contain various alkaloids including sedine and sedamine. These can sometimes cause gastric upsets, usually of a mild nature[ 293 Title Poisonous Plants of North Carolina Publication Author Website http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/poison/poison.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent concise but comprehensive guide to toxic plants that grow in N. Carolina. It lists even those plants that are of very low toxicity, including several well-known food plants such as carrots and potatoes. ]. This is most likely to happen with species that have yellow flowers, though eating large quantities of any species could be problematic[ 62 Title A Field Guide to N. American Edible Wild Plants. Publication Author Elias. T. and Dykeman. P. Publisher Van Nostrand Reinhold Year 1982 ISBN 0442222009 Description Very readable. , 85 Title Edible Native Plants of the Rocky Mountains. Publication Author Harrington. H. D. Publisher University of New Mexico Press Year 1967 ISBN 0-8623-0343-9 Description A superb book. Very readable, it gives the results of the authors experiments with native edible plants. ].
Botanical Description
Phedimus stoloniferus is a succulent, mat-forming, evergreen perennial plant with slender, fibrous roots and a long, creeping, cord-like rhizome. The erect flowering stems are 17 - 35cm tall[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description 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. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It is grown as an ornamental in gardens[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description 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. ]. Phedimus stoloniferus has become established as a weed of pasture in Switzerland, being found in a wide range of grassland and woodland habitats in the northern Prealps at elevations from 400 - 1,000 metres. It is an aggressive neophyte that out-competes native grassland species, strongly hampering agricultural use of invaded grasslands. It easily propagates through its stolons, which can still become established after being detached from the mother plant for many days - it has the potential to become a threat to agricultural production and conservation of biodiversity in large areas of Europe. Repeated herbicide applications do not totally eliminate the plant, which is able to recover from axillary buds and recolonise the sward. Successful eradication was only achieved by covering the affected area with black plastic for four months, a control strategy with very limited applicability[ 1246 Title Phedimus stoloniferus: a problematic alien species detected in Swiss grasslands Publication Botanica Helvetica 2008 Vol.118 No.1 pp.77-80 Author Stutz, C. J.; Gago, R.; Huguenin-Elie, O. Website http://www.springerlink.com/content/0253-1453 Publisher Year 2008 ISBN 0253-1453 Description ].