Gemeine Tagblume

Prefers a light well-drained loam with added leafmold. Requires a sheltered position. This species is commonly cultivated as a vegetable in China. The plant can be invasive, the stems sprawling along the ground and rooting as they go[K].

Edible Parts: Flowers Leaves Shoots Edible Uses: Leaves, flowers and young shoots - raw or cooked. Chopped finely and added to salads or cooked as a potherb. A sweet taste with a mucilaginous texture.

Dye A bright blue dye is obtained from the petals.

Heimisch: Amur, Buryatiya, Cambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Distrito Regional de Manejo Integrado (DRMI) Laguna de Sonso, municipio de Guadalajara de Buga, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, Hainan, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Japan, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., Laos, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Primorye, Sakhalin, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Yakutiya Eingeführt: Alabama, Albania, Altay, Arkansas, Austria, Baltic States, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Connecticut, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, District of Columbia, East European Russia, Florida, Georgia, Germany, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Italy, Kansas, Kentucky, Krym, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, NW. Balkan Pen., Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Portugal, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Tennessee, Texas, Transcaucasus, Ukraine, Vermont, Virginia, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin