Silaum silaus - Pepper Saxifrage

Family:	Umbelliferae
Habit:	Perennial
Height:	1
Synonyms:	Silaus flavescens. S. pratensis.
Range:	Europe, including Britain, south and east from Sweden to the Mediterranean and Siberia.

Silaum silaus (Pepper Saxifrage) is a Perennial which grows to a height of 1m . It has a hardness rating of 0.
Pepper Saxifrage will flower in December to February. The flowers from this plant are hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and they are pollinated by Bees

Soil Information

Pepper Saxifrage will grow in light (sandy),medium (loamy),hard (clay) soil. It is not necessary for the soil to be well drained.
The soil prefers the following PH / acid levels :
- pH of less than 6, Acidic soils
- pH between 6 and 8, Neutral soils
- pH greater than 8, Basic soils
Pepper Saxifrage prefers moist soils

Ideal Planting Locations

Pepper Saxifrage should not be planted in shady areas.

Meadows and grassy banks, avoiding shady positions[17].

Planting places suited to this plant described below.

• Suits a meadow

Cultivation Details

An easily grown plant, it succeeds in most soils and can be grown in the summer meadow. The whole plant, when bruised, emits a most unpleasant smell of sulphured hydrogen which is difficult to remove from the skin. If eaten by cattle, the plant will impart its smell to the milk[245].

Edible Uses*

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Edible Rating: 1/5
Leaves - cooked[2]. They are sometimes used as an acid tasting potherb[105, 183].

• Leaves -

Medicinal Uses*

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Medicinal Rating: 0/5
None known

Propagation

Seed - we have no information for this species but suggest sowing the seed in spring in a cold frame. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and plant them out in early summer. If you have enough seed then an outdoor sowing in situ in the spring should also succeed.

Scented parts of the plants

Plant : Crushed

Known Hazards

None known

Other Uses

None known

Cultivars

no recorded cultivars

References

Flora of the British Isles.
Clapham, Tootin and Warburg.
Author: Clapham, Tootin and Warburg.
Rating:
Publisher : A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures.
Date of Publication : 1962

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