Großblütige Bergminze
Calamintha grandiflora · auch: Bergminze, Großblütige-
Wildpflanze essbar
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Die Großblütige Bergminze ist eine duftende Wildpflanze mit violetten Blüten. Sie wird in der Volksheilkunde bei Verdauungsbeschwerden und Erkältungen eingesetzt.
Andere Namen
BergminzeGroßblüten-Bergminze
Merkmale
Rezepte mit dieser Pflanze
Steckbrief
Familie
Lamiaceae
Gattung
Clinopodium
Ordnung
Lamiales
Klasse
Magnoliopsida
Habitat
Damp woods and scrub, often on limestone.
Essbarkeit
★★☆☆☆
Heilwirkung
★★☆☆☆
Anbau & Pflege
Landscape Uses:Border, Ground cover, Rock garden, Woodland garden. Prefers a well-drained soil and a sunny position. Succeeds in any good soil in sun or partial shade. Established plants are drought tolerant, preferring a soil on the dry side. The plant is pleasantly fragrant when bruised. The flowers have a delicious minty scent. Plants often self-sow in gardens if they are well-sited. Special Features: Attractive foliage, Edible, Fragrant foliage, Not North American native, Invasive, Suitable for dried flowers.
Vermehrung: Seed - sow spring in a greenhouse. Only just cover the seed. Germination usually takes place within 2 weeks at 21°c. When large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in the greenhouse. Plant them out into their permanent positions in the summer if they are large enough, otherwise plant them out the following spring. The seed can also be sown outdoors in a dry soil in April. Division in spring or autumn. Very easy, larger clumps can be planted direct into their permanent positions. It is best to pot up smaller clumps and grow them on in a cold frame until they are well rooted before planting them out in the summer. Basal cuttings in May or June. They should be rooted in a sandy compost. Harvest the shoots when they are about 10 - 15cm long with plenty of underground stem. Pot them up into individual pots and keep them in light shade in a cold frame or greenhouse until they are rooting well. Plant them out in the summer.
Essbare Verwendung
Edible Parts: Edible Uses: Condiment Tea A sweet and aromatic herb tea is made from the leaves. Very refreshing. The leaves are harvested as the plant comes into flower and are dried for later use. Leaves - used as a flavouring. A pleasant mint-like fragrance and flavour.
Weitere Nutzung
Plants can be used for ground cover, planted about 45cm apart each way they form spreading clumps.
Verbreitung
Heimisch: Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Azores, Bahamas, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil South, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burundi, California, Cameroon, Canary Is., Central European Russia, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, DR Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Lesser Sunda Is., Libya, Louisiana
Eingeführt: Arizona, Bermuda, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Iowa
Alternative deutsche Namen
Bergminze
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