Marsh fleawort (Tephroseris palustris)
Other names clustered marsh ragwort, marsh fleabane
At a glance
- Lifecycle
- Annual
- Exposure
- Full sun
Cultivation
Requires a gritty, moisture-retentive but well-drained circumneutral soil and a sunny position. Plants can be short-lived in cultivation.
Propagation
Seed - sow spring or late summer in situ. Only just cover the seed and make sure the soil remains moist to enable germination to take place.
Edible uses
Young leaves and flowering stems - raw or cooked. Some caution is advised, see the notes above on toxicity.
Habitat
Fen ditches.
Native range
Circumboreal. Formerly native to Britain, now apparently extinct.
Same genus
- Arctic groundsel (Tephroseris frigida)
- Kjellman's groundsel (Tephroseris kjellmanii)
- Fuscate groundsel (Tephroseris lindstroemii)
- Yukon groundsel (Tephroseris yukonensis)
- Field fleawort (Tephroseris integrifolia)
- Helenium-like tephroseris (Tephroseris helenitis)
- Balbis' tephroseris (Tephroseris balbisiana)