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I LOVE WILD HERBS horse parsley Smyrnium olusatrum
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Welcome to Tranquillity Fountain Farm we grow medicinal plants and sell the seeds in our Etsy shop: tranquilityfountainfarm.store • https://www.etsy.com/listing/984614258 • here I talk about Alexander's horse parsley, identifying and it medicinal qualities. • Smyrnium olusatrum, common name Alexanders, is an edible cultivated flowering plant of the family Apiaceae (or Umbelliferae). • It is also known as alisanders, horse parsley, and smyrnium. • Alexanders is native to the Mediterranean but is able to thrive farther north. • It was a highly popular herb during the time of Alexander the Great. • The plant was introduced to the British Isles by the Romans, who called it the ‘pot herb of Alexandria.’ • Alexanders is a stout biennial growing to 150 centimetres (59 in) high, with a solid stem which becomes hollow and grooved with age. • The leaves are bluntly toothed, the segments ternately divided the segments flat, not fleshy. • Alexanders is native to continental Europe and has long been naturalised in Britain and Ireland where it is widely dispersed and - in addition to other disturbed habitats - commonly found on the sites of medieval monastery gardens as a persistent relic of former cultivation. Irish localities include: Counties Down, Antrim and Londonderry and throughout most of Ireland. • Culinary uses • Every part of the plant is edible. The flowers are yellow-green in colour and arranged in umbels, and its fruits are black. • It flowers from April to June. Alexanders is intermediate in flavor between celery and parsley. • It was once used in many dishes, either blanched, or not, but it has now been replaced by celery. • The black seeds have a taste that has been described as both spicy or peppery. • They were used in medieval cuisine in place of a bitter type of celery. One 17th century text describes young shoots used in salads or a vernal pottage and an early 18th century recipe recorded by Caleb Threlkeld for Irish Lenten Potage includes alexanders, watercress and nettles. Alexanders fell out of favor in the 18th century after celery started being mass-produced to replace wild herbs and vegetables. • Alexanders are not commonly used as a food product in the modern era, but have found some renewed use in exotic foraged food recipes and restaurants. • Roman soldiers would carry the plant on long journeys, as they could eat the leaves, the stems, the roots, and the buds. • Smyrnium olusatrum is a BIENNIAL growing to 1.2 m (4ft) by 0.7 m (2ft 4in). • It is hardy to zone (UK) 6 and is not frost tender. It is in flower from May to June, and the seeds ripen from June to August. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Insects. The plant is self-fertile. • It is noted for attracting wildlife. • Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and prefers well-drained soil. Suitable pH: acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It prefers moist soil. The plant can tolerate maritime exposure.
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