General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 2 feet
Flowers: Malodorous
Suitable Locations: Bog gardening
Uses: Medicinal Herb
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Roots are poisonous
Fruit is poisonous
Propagation: Seeds: Stratify seeds: 40 deg F / 5 deg C
Days to germinate: 30-90 at 70 deg F / 20 deg C
Depth to plant seed: surface
Seeds are hydrophilic
Pollinators: Flies

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Common names
  • Smearwort
  • Round-Leaved Birthwort
  • English Mercury
  • Mercury Goosefoot
  • Allgood
  • Tola Bona
  • Fat Hen

Photo Gallery
Location: Mountain forest near Big Sochi
Date: 2009-04-10
The picture was captured on the background of the magnificent vie
Location: Botanical Garden Utrecht (The Netherlands)
Date: 2016-06-28
Location: Mountain forest near Big Sochi
Date: 2009-04-10
The picture was captured by me on the sunny morning at the begini
Location: Mountain forest near Big Sochi
Date: 2009-04-10
The picture was captured by me on the sunny morning at the begini
Comments:
  • Posted by yurikashtanov (St.Petersburg, or Sochi, or North Smolensk reg., Russia; Los Frailes, Ecuador - Zone 10a) on Jan 10, 2013 4:24 PM concerning plant:
    Common names are Smearwort, Round-leaved Birthwort, English Mercury, Mercury Goosefoot, Allgood, Tola Bona or (ambiguously) "Fat Hen" (Wikipedia).
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Unusual bloom shape by eclayne Jan 12, 2013 10:09 AM 1

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