How to tend a Acmella oleracea
Also known as: Anacyclus pyrethraria Spreng., Spilanthes radicans Schrad. ex DC., Bidens fusca Lam., Bidens oleracea Cav. ex Steud., Spilanthes fusca Hort.Par. ex Lam., Pyrethrum spilanthus Medik., Spilanthes acmella var. oleracea (L.) C.B.Clarke, Cotula pyrethraria L., Spilanthes oleracea var. fusca (Lam.) DC., Bidens fervida Lam., Spilanthes calva var. oleracea (Jacq.) Mehrotra, Aswal & B.S.Bisht
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Like wet environments, only need keep soil moist
Sunlight
Like adequate sunshine, slight shade tolerance
Soil
Peat or soil with specific nutrients
Fertilizer
No much requirement for fertilizers
Pruning
Remove old, diseased and dead leaves timely, after flowering remove the upper part staring from 5 cm above soil surface, leaving 3-5 leaves
About this plant
- Origin
- South Africa
- Category
- Asteraceae, Spilanthes
- Size
- height 40-80 cm
- Blooming period
- Flowering period in summer
- Flower colors
- golden yellow, red
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