Hirschfeldia incana
(L.)Lagr.-Foss.
Brassicaceae
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Common Name: Greek Mustard
General Information
Hirschfeldia incana is an annual plant that can grow up to 1.00 metres tall.
It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
17- Title
- Flora of the British Isles.
- Publication
-
- Author
- Clapham, Tutin and Warburg.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 1962
- ISBN
- -
- Description
- A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures.
,
50- Title
- Flora Europaea
- Publication
-
- Author
- ?
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 1964
- ISBN
- -
- Description
- An immense work in 6 volumes (including the index). The standard reference flora for Europe, it is very terse though and with very little extra information. Not for the casual reader.
Range
S. Europe - Greece to Turkey. Naturalized in Britain.
Habitat
Naturalized in sandy places in the Channel Islands, it is also a casual in southern England[
17- Title
- Flora of the British Isles.
- Publication
-
- Author
- Clapham, Tutin and Warburg.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 1962
- ISBN
- -
- Description
- A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures.
].
Properties
| Edibility Rating |  |
| Habit | Annual |
| Height | 1.00 m |
| Pollinators | Bees |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
We have no details on this species but it is likely to require a light well-drained soil and a sunny position.
Edible Uses
The young plant is eaten with oil and lemon juice in parts of Greece[
183- Title
- Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants.
- Publication
-
- Author
- Facciola. S.
- Publisher
- Kampong Publications
- Year
- 1990
- ISBN
- 0-9628087-0-9
- Description
- Excellent. Contains a very wide range of conventional and unconventional food plants (including tropical) and where they can be obtained (mainly N. American nurseries but also research institutes and a lot of other nurseries from around the world.
]. The leaves of young plants are eaten raw[
61- Title
- A Dictionary of Plants Used by Man.
- Publication
-
- Author
- Usher. G.
- Publisher
- Constable
- Year
- 1974
- ISBN
- 0094579202
- Description
- Forget the sexist title, this is one of the best books on the subject. Lists a very extensive range of useful plants from around the world with very brief details of the uses. Not for the casual reader.
,
177- Title
- Plants for Human Consumption.
- Publication
-
- Author
- Kunkel. G.
- Publisher
- Koeltz Scientific Books
- Year
- 1984
- ISBN
- 3874292169
- Description
- An excellent book for the dedicated. A comprehensive listing of Latin names with a brief list of edible parts.
].
Seeds - raw or cooked[
257- Title
- Native American Ethnobotany
- Publication
-
- Author
- Moerman. D.
- Publisher
- Timber Press. Oregon.
- Year
- 1998
- ISBN
- 0-88192-453-9
- Description
- Very comprehensive but terse guide to the native uses of plants. Excellent bibliography, fully referenced to each plant, giving a pathway to further information. Not for the casual reader.
]. They can be ground into powder then mixed with water and eaten[
257- Title
- Native American Ethnobotany
- Publication
-
- Author
- Moerman. D.
- Publisher
- Timber Press. Oregon.
- Year
- 1998
- ISBN
- 0-88192-453-9
- Description
- Very comprehensive but terse guide to the native uses of plants. Excellent bibliography, fully referenced to each plant, giving a pathway to further information. Not for the casual reader.
].
Medicinal
None known
Agroforestry Uses:
The plant is able to grow in soils heavily polluted with copper and, in addition, concentrates the copper in above-ground plant parts making it easy to remove the copper from the land. This makes it an ideal candidate for phytoremediation projects in soils polluted with copper[
1251- Title
- Copper in plant species in a copper gradient in Catalonia (North East Spain) and their potential for phytoremediatio
- Publication
- Plant and Soil 230 March 2001 pp 247-256
- Author
- Poschenrieder C.; Bech J.; Llugany M.; Pace A.; Fenés E.; Ba
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 2001
- ISBN
-
- Description
-
].
Other Uses
None known
Propagation
Seed - sow spring in situ.
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Ken Fern,
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with help from
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