Oldenlandia herbacea seed
LATIN NAME: Oldenlandia herbacea
COMMON NAME: Oldenlandia
The Oldenlandia stipples the damp ground with the tiny, white, star-like flowers, the fine, narrow leaves below them, and the whole plant carries the fine, fresh look of the moist clearing. The slender, annual or perennial herb carries the narrow, opposite leaves along the fine, wiry, branched stems, and the tiny, white, four-petalled, star-like flowers in the loose, axillary clusters through most of the year, one of the fine, quiet sights of the moist clearing, drawing the bees, to be followed by the small, dry, many-seeded capsules. The wiry stems have a very long record as the fine, fresh herbs of the moist lands, and the plant is a historic presence of the moist clearing. It is a plant of the open, sunny, moist, well-drained ground.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The Oldenlandia is a historic subject of the plant science, and the star-like flowers keep showing up in the work on the small herbs of the moist clearings. The way the tiny, white, four-petalled, star-like flowers form in the loose, axillary clusters has been studied steadily, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the small herbs, the opposite leaves and the members of the madder family. The wiry stems and the quick habit have also made it a fine study herb, and the Oldenlandia is a regular subject of the work on the star-like flowers of the warm world.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
The Oldenlandia is a fine, useful plant of the moist clearing and the study collection. The narrow, opposite leaves along the fine, wiry, branched stems carry the fine look of the moist clearing, one of the fine, quiet sights of the moist clearing, drawing the bees, and the wiry stems have a very long record as the fine, fresh herbs of the moist lands, the young tops coming to the old pots and the steady practice of the old kitchens, while the tiny, white, four-petalled, star-like flowers in the loose, axillary clusters open through most of the year, to be followed by the small, dry, many-seeded capsules. It is one of the fine choices for the moist clearing, the damp verge and the study collection, and it has been written up in the botanical and the scientific papers for the star-like flowers and the very long history. It is a fine, useful plant of the open, sunny, moist, well-drained garden.
The Oldenlandia seeds grow quickly in a gritty, sandy mix kept moist. The young stems are fast and easy, and they take the moist, well-drained ground of the open corner well.
To grow the Oldenlandia from seed, sow the tiny, rounded seeds thinly over the surface of the pot of gritty, sandy soil, water gently, then keep the pot in a bright, open spot. The seedlings thread up within a couple of weeks, and they grow on fast. With the sun and the moist, well-drained ground, the white stars will stipple the ground over the year.