Swine wartcress is an annual or short-lived perennial plant, the usually strongly branched stems can be creeping or ascending and are up to 40cm long. All parts of the plan have an offensive smell.The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. The dried plant is sold for medicinal purposes in S. America
Lesser Swinecress Care
Lepidium Didymum
What is the plant
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Humidity
Normal
Lighting
Part Sun
Difficulty
Easy
Hibernation
Cold Period
How to Care for the Plant
Water
It prefers moist soil.
Sunlight
It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade.
Soil
Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils
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