Thelesperma trifidum
At a glance
- Lifecycle
- Annual
- Exposure
- Full sun
Cultivation
Succeeds in any moderately fertile well-drained soil in full sun.
Propagation
Seed - sow spring in situ, only just covering the seed. In dry weather the seed should be watered in.
Edible uses
A tea is made from the leaves.
Medicinal uses
The plant has been used in the treatment of children with tuberculosis.
Habitat
Calcareous barrens and plains.
Native range
Central and Southern N. America - South Dakota, Missouri and Nebraska to Colorado, Texas and Mexico.
Same genus
- Colorado greenthread (Thelesperma ambiguum)
- Burridge's greenthread (Thelesperma burridgeanum)
- Stiff greenthread (Thelesperma filifolium)
- East Texas greenthread (Thelesperma flavodiscum)
- Longstalk greenthread (Thelesperma longipes)
- Hopi tea greenthread (Thelesperma megapotamicum)
- Rio Grande greenthread (Thelesperma nuecense)
- Slender greenthread (Thelesperma simplicifolium)