1 What is
1.1 Life Span
Annual and Perennial
Annual
1.2 Type
Herbaceous Perennial
Shrub
1.3 Origin
Northwestern United States, California, Canada
Europe
1.4 Types
Stock, Tenweeks stock, Gillyflower, Brompton Stock
Not Available
1.4.1 Number of Varieties
1.5 Habitat
Cultivated Beds
Cultivated Beds, Waste areas
1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone
1.7 AHS Heat Zone
1.8 Sunset Zone
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
Not Available
1.9 Habit
Upright/Erect
Clump-Forming
2 Information
2.1 Plant Size
2.1.1 Minimum Height
2.1.2 Minimum Width
2.2 Plant Color
2.2.1 Flower Color
Light Blue, Lavender, Blue Violet
Yellow
2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier
2.2.3 Fruit Color
2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring
Green
Light Green, Gray Green
2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer
Green
Light Green, Gray Green
2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall
2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter
2.3 Shape
2.3.1 Leaf Shape
Oblanceolate , Ovate
Arrowhead
2.4 Thorns
3 Season
3.1 Plant Season
Spring, Summer
Not Available
3.2 Growing Conditions
3.2.1 Sunlight
Full Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
3.2.2 Growth Rate
3.2.3 Type of Soil
Loam, Sand
Clay, Loam, Sand
3.2.4 The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
3.2.5 Soil Drainage
3.2.6 Bloom Time
Late Spring, Early Summer, Summer, Late Summer
Late Spring, Early Summer
3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer
3.3 Tolerances
4 Care
4.1 Where to Plant?
4.2 How to Plant?
4.3 Plant Maintenance
4.4 Watering Plants
4.4.1 Watering Requirements
Requires regular watering
Requires regular watering
4.4.2 In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
4.4.3 In Spring
4.4.4 In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
4.5 Soil
4.5.1 Soil pH
4.5.2 Soil Type
4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity
Not Applicable
Well drained
4.6 Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun
4.7 Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
4.8 Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
4.9 Pests and Diseases
4.10 Plant Tolerance
5 Facts
5.1 Flowers
5.1.1 Flower Petal Number
5.2 Fruits
5.2.1 Showy Fruit
5.2.2 Edible Fruit
5.3 Fragrance
5.3.1 Fragrant Flower
5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit
5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf
5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem
5.4 Showy Foliage
5.5 Showy Bark
5.6 Foliage Texture
5.7 Foliage Sheen
5.8 Evergreen
5.9 Invasive
5.10 Self-Sowing
5.11 Attracts
5.12 Allergy
Not Available
Not Available
6 Benefits
6.1 Uses
6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses
Not Available
Showy Purposes
6.1.2 Beauty Benefits
Not Available
Not Available
6.1.3 Edible Uses
6.1.4 Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification
6.2 Plant Benefits
6.2.1 Medicinal Uses
Antidote, Aphrodisiac, Expectorant, Stomachic
Anxiety, Cough, Insomnia, Rheumatism, Wounds
6.2.2 Part of Plant Used
Flowers, Leaves, Seedpod
Flowers, Leaves
6.2.3 Other Uses
Used as a dye
Showy Purposes
6.3 Used As Indoor Plant
6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant
6.5 Garden Design
Not Available
Not Available
7 Scientific Name
7.1 Botanical Name
Matthiola incana
LACTUCA serriola
7.2 Common Name
Blue Thimble Flower, Field Gilia, Gillyflower
Compass Plant, Horse Thistle, Prickly Lettuce
7.2.1 In Hindi
gillyflower
Prickly Lettuce
7.2.2 In German
Garten-Levkoje
Feigensalat
7.2.3 In French
Gillyflower
laitue scariole
7.2.4 In Spanish
Gillyflower
lechuga espinosa
7.2.5 In Greek
Gillyflower
φραγκοσυκιές Μαρούλι
7.2.6 In Portuguese
Matthiola incana
alface espinhosa
7.2.7 In Polish
Gillyflower
Kolczasta Sałata
7.2.8 In Latin
Matthiola incana
Opuntia Lactuca
8 Classification
8.1 Kingdom
8.2 Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliophyta
8.3 Class
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida
8.4 Order
8.5 Family
8.6 Genus
8.7 Clade
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
8.8 Tribe
8.9 Subfamily
Polemonioideae
Not Available
8.10 Number of Species