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Common Name: Strapwort

General Information

Corrigiola littoralis is a Annual/Biennial up to 0.25 metres tall.
It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of materials.

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

Range

Southwestern Europe, including Britain, from Denmark south and east to N. and E. Africa, W. Asia.

Habitat

Sandy gravelly banks of ponds at two sites only, one in S. Devon and the other around Helston in Cornwall[].

Properties

Edibility Rating
Medicinal Rating
Habit	Annual/Biennial
Height	0.25 m
Pollinators	Cleistogamous, Self
Self-fertile	Yes
Cultivation Status	Wild

Cultivation Details

Requires a moist sandy soil, growing well in a rock garden.
The information for this plant probably also applies to the closely related C. telephiifolia from Europe, a species that is said to be perennial.

Edible Uses

Leaves[]. No more details are given.

Medicinal

Stomachic, tonic[].

Other Uses

A perfume is obtained from the roots[].

Propagation

Seed - we have no information on this species but suggest sowing it in pots in a cold frame in the spring or when ripe in the autumn. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and plant them out in early summer.
If larger quantities of seed are available then an outdoor sowing in situ could be tried.