medicinal herbs
Poverty Weed
Monolepis nuttalliana
Herb: Poverty Weed
Latin name: Monolepis nuttalliana
Synonyms: Blitum chenopodioides, Blitum nuttallianum, Monolepis chenopodioides
Family: Chenopodiaceae (Goosefoot Family)
Medicinal use of Poverty Weed:
A poultice of moist leaves has been applied to skin abrasions.Description of the plant:
Plant:
AnnualHeight:
30 cm(11 3/4 inch)
Flowering:
June toOctober
Habitat of the herb:
Waste places, lawn edges, gardens etc in dry, saline and alkaline soils.Edible parts of Poverty Weed:
Leaves - cooked until tender. A pleasant mild flavour, they are used as greens. Root - cooked. Small but with an acceptable flavour when young, the older ones are rather tough. Seed. Very small and fiddly, it is used as a piäole. The seed can also be dried, ground into a powder then mixed with water and eaten as a mush.Propagation of the herb:
Seed - we have no information on this species but suggest sowing the seed in late spring in situ.Cultivation of Poverty Weed:
Waste places, lawn edges, gardens etc in dry, saline and alkaline soils.Known hazards of Monolepis nuttalliana:
None knownPlant information taken from the Plants For A Future.