This is one of the plants certified organic for the first time in history by Mandala Chocolate.It has been loved and utilized traditionally by native peoples for untold generations who ate it as a vegetable crop, a salad green and utilized it as a multipurpose medicine. Its uses included stomachaches, diarrhea, anemia and heart trouble and made a poultice for swellings, tumors and sore muscles. As a nervine and non-narcotic muscle relaxer pedicularis is regaining the attention it deserves. It can help relieve pain in muscles when applied topically or taken as a tincture.
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Pedicularis Canadensis
What is the plant
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Humidity
High
Lighting
Part Sun
Hardiness zone
3 - 7
Difficulty
Medium
Hibernation
Cold Period
Toxicity
Poisonous
How to Care for the Plant
Water
It prefers moist soil.
Sunlight
Requires a partially shaded to sunny site in a well-drained gritty but moist soil
Soil
Suitable for: light (sandy) and medium (loamy) soils and prefers well-drained soil. Suitable pH: acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils.
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Additional
The plant is said to be poisonous to sheep
Popularity
17 people already have this plant 5 people have added this plant to their wishlists
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