Löffelkraut

Prefers a cool shady position. Grows wild on acid or calcareous soils, but it avoids shady positions. Prefers a sandy or gritty well-drained soil. At one time this plant was commonly eaten, especially by sailors, for its high Vitamin C content which can prevent or cure scurvy. A polymorphic species, it hybridizes with C. danica and C. anglica. A good bee plant.

Edible Parts: Leaves Edible Uses: Leaves - raw. An acrid tarry flavour, it can be added in small quantities to salads for its high content of vitamin C. Pleasantly sharp. Rather less than pleasant to most tastes, though there are occasional people who like it[K].

Disinfectant None known

Heimisch: Baltic States, Belgium, DK, Denmark, Finland, Flanders, Flemish Region, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, IS, Ireland, Kautokeino, NO, Netherlands, North European Russia, North Norway, Norway, SE, Sweden, Walloon Region Eingeführt: Argentina South, CZ, Czech Republic, Czechia-Slovakia, FK, Falkland Is., Finland, Greenland, IT, Italy, Khabarovsk, PL, PT, Portugal, SE, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland