Stumpfblättriger Ampfer

Requires a good soil. Plants are occasionally cultivated for their edible leaves. A very important food plant for the caterpillars of many species of butterfly. This species is an alternative host of the turnip fly.

Edible Parts: Leaves Seed Stem Edible Uses: Young leaves - cooked. A bitter taste, especially if the older leaves are used. The leaves are usually cooked in at least one change of water in order to reduce the bitterness. Leaves can also be dried for later use. The leaves have a much milder flavour when they are first produced in early spring[K]. Young stems - cooked. Seed - raw or cooked. The seed can also be ground into a powder and used to make a gruel or added to cereal flours when making bread etc. It is rather small and fiddly to harvest.

Dye Yellow, dark green to brown and dark grey dyes can be obtained from the roots of this plant. They do not need a mordant.

Heimisch: Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria Eingeführt: Alabama, Alaska, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amsterdam-St.Paul Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Azores, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Chile Central, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Falkland Is., Florida, Føroyar, Georgia, Gough Island, Guatemala, Haiti, Hawaii, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, Inaccessible Island, Indiana, Iowa, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kentucky, Korea, Louisiana, Madeira, Magadan, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Nightingale Island, Reunion, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Tristan da Cunha