Blitum bonus-henricus (L.) Rchb.
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Blitum bonus-henricus

Family: AMARANTHACEAE
Genus: Blitum
Species: bonus-henricus (L.) Rchb.
Common names: Good King Henry;English Mercury
Distribution summary: C. & S. Europe (mountains)
Habit: Perennial
Hardiness: H4 - Hardy; average winter
Habitat: Grasslands and Roadsides
Garden status: Currently grown
Garden location: Europe & Middle East (J)
Flowering months: May, June, July
Reason for growing: Medicinal

Additional Notes

OTHER COMMON NAMES: ALL GOOD; BLITE; ENGLISH MERCURY; FALSE MERCURY; FAT-HEN; FLOWERING DOCK; FIRAR'S POT; GOOD HENRY; GOOSEFOOT; LINCOLNSHIRE ASPARAGUS; MARK WEED; MARKERY; MERCURY; MERCURY GOOSEFOOT; PERENNIAL GOOSEFOOT; ROMAN PLANT; SHOEMAKER'S HEEL; WILD MERCURY; WILD SPINACH.

The Royal Horticultural Society Horticultural Database, available at www.rhs.org.uk

Previously grown as Chenopodium bonus-henricus.

Plants of the World online, Kew Science https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30117327-2 Link

Europe, Northern Europe, Norway

Europe, Northern Europe, Sweden

Europe, Middle Europe, Austria

Europe, Middle Europe, Hungary

Europe, Middle Europe, Switzerland

Europe, Southwestern Europe, Spain

Europe, Southeastern Europe, Bulgaria

Europe, Southeastern Europe, Yugoslavia

Europe, Southeastern Europe, Greece

Europe, Southeastern Europe, Italy

Europe, Southeastern Europe, Romania

Europe, Southwestern Europe, France

Europe, Middle Europe, Poland

Europe, Middle Europe, Germany

Europe, Eastern Europe, Belarus

Europe, Eastern Europe, Baltic States

Europe, Eastern Europe, Ukraine

Europe, Southeastern Europe, Albania

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