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[[File:Mud_tongue.png|thumb|right|x200px|''Mud Tongue'' - Pen and Ink by Sebastian Romu]] | [[File:Mud_tongue.png|thumb|right|x200px|''Mud Tongue'' - Pen and Ink by Sebastian Romu]] | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
;Common Names: | ;Common Names:Mud Tongue | ||
;Classification: | ;Classification:Herbaceous, Flower | ||
A common leafy plant of the [[Waejiran Plateau]] with a soft, velvety surface to its leaves, and pairs of whorled long petalled flowers on a reedy central stem. The mud tongue is so named for the mud-like taste of its leaves, which make an excellent bitter. The flowers see some use as a vasoconstrictor. | |||
==Ecology== | ==Ecology== | ||
;Rarity: | ;Rarity:Common | ||
;Distribution: | ;Distribution:Sub-tropical savanna | ||
;Life Cycle: | ;Life Cycle:Annual, flowering mid summer, to produce seeds dispersed by wind in early autumn. | ||
==Uses== | ==Uses== | ||
;Cultivation: | ;Cultivation:wild | ||
;Culinary: | ;Culinary:bitter (leaves) | ||
;Medicinal: | ;Medicinal:vasoconstrictor (flowers) | ||
;Other:<!-- other uses--> | ;Other:<!-- other uses--> | ||
Revision as of 00:36, 5 February 2019
Description
- Common Names
- Mud Tongue
- Classification
- Herbaceous, Flower
A common leafy plant of the Waejiran Plateau with a soft, velvety surface to its leaves, and pairs of whorled long petalled flowers on a reedy central stem. The mud tongue is so named for the mud-like taste of its leaves, which make an excellent bitter. The flowers see some use as a vasoconstrictor.
Ecology
- Rarity
- Common
- Distribution
- Sub-tropical savanna
- Life Cycle
- Annual, flowering mid summer, to produce seeds dispersed by wind in early autumn.
Uses
- Cultivation
- wild
- Culinary
- bitter (leaves)
- Medicinal
- vasoconstrictor (flowers)
- Other
