Life Span
Perennial
Annual, biennial or perennial
Type
Sedge or Rush
Perennial
Origin
World/Pandemic, North America, Europe, Russia/Siberia, Africa, Asia
Southern Europe, Western Europe, Mediterranean, Turkey, Northern Africa
Types
austrocalifornicus , effusus , laxus , pacificus , solutus
Matthiola incana
Number of Varieties
520
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Habitat
All sorts of environments, Banks, ditches, marshes, Shores of rivers or lakes
By seashore, Rocky areas, Sandy areas
USDA Hardiness Zone
6-96-9
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99
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AHS Heat Zone
9-6
8-1
Sunset Zone
H1, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Habit
Clump-Forming
Clump-Forming
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Informal Hedge, Woodland margins
Beautification
Beauty Benefits
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Edible Uses
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Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
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Antidote, Aphrodisiac, Diuretic
Part of Plant Used
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Flowers, Leaves, Seedpod
Other Uses
woven into the covering of tatami mats
Used as a dye
Used As Indoor Plant
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Used As Outdoor Plant
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Garden Design
Bog Garden, Container, Mixed Border, Water Gardens
Bedding Plant, Container, Cutflower, Mixed Border