I want to research on echinacea and sylvetta arugula!
I picked day-lily and bok choy instead!
Common Name: Day-lily, common daylily, Eve's thread, orange daylily, tawny orange lily
Genus Name Hermerocallis fulva
Etymology Greek words hemera "day" and kalos means "beautiful"
Fulva refers to the orange/tawny color
Family Name Lily Family (Liliaceae)
Physiological aspects (how does it look like)
Daylilies are similar to lilies and are not considered as "true lilies" based on its orange, tawny color and spotless petals. The petals are open for one day, 24 hours. The flower stalk is leafless, but the basal leaves are long and swordlike.
Note: True lilies in the Lilium family can be confused with the Lily family. Lilium family has spots on the flower petals.
List of related plants:
Yellow daylily (lemon lily, Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus, Hemeroallis lava)
Preferred growing conditions
It is usually grown in front of people's houses and can provide a year round produce of food.
It is also seen in an open area of field, waste ground and/or the roadside where the soil is not disturbed.
It prefers rich, damp and gravelly soil the most.
Region of origin
It originated from China, Korea, and Japan.
History of global migration or use
It is said that sea captains brought back daylilies from Asia (China, Korea, and Japan) to North America. Daylilies became popular throughout North America. It is found throughout Ontario to New Brunswick, south to Missouri, Tennessee and North Carolina.
Daylilies were also brought into England.
Medicinal use
Culinary use
The young shoots, flower-buds, flowers and tubers are all edible.
The early shoots and tubers can be mixed into salads and prepared like asparagus.
Older tubers can be prepared like corn.
Younger flowerbuds can be cooked like green beans and older flowerbuds can be cooked like fritters.
Flowers can cooked like fritters.
The flowers in any condition - fresh, withered, or dried - can be used as seasoning for stews.
In Southern Chinese cuisine, the flowers of the daylilies are known as golden needles, or 金針, and are used in vegetarian dishes: Buddha's delight and moo shu pork. It is also used in hot and sour soup.
Flavor profile
It depends on what part of the plant is used, but normally it tastes sweet.
Other uses besides edible/medicinal
Symbolism associated with plant
Main Source Edible Wild Plants: Eastern/Central North America (1977)
Secondary Source http://www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/weedguide/single_weed.php?id=37
Tertiary Source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylily
Common Name Bok choy (type of Chinese cabbage)
Species Name Brassica rapa
Cultivar Group Chinensis
Physiological aspects (how does it look like)
Some people confuse bok choy with nappa cabbage. However, the bottom of the plant is wide and tapers in the middle to where the wide leaves spread out. The form somewhat resembles Swiss chard.
The Cantonese name, bok choy, refers to the whiteness of the vegetable. Northern Chinese refer to it as 青菜 or clear, green blue.
List of related plants:
turnip, napa cabbage, bomdong (hardy early spring cabbage), cime di rapa (broccoli raab)
Preferred growing conditions
It grows in mild weather, in early spring with "loose, well-drained soil."
Region of origin
Bok Choy is popular in the Southern China and it has been discovered that the seeds of the Brassica species were found in the Banpo village in the Yellow River Valley. Therefore, the species has been cultivated for more than 6,000 years.
Increasingly grown in Northern Europe and United States
History of global migration or use
In the 19th century, Chinese immigrants brought bok choy into United States. It became popular in the 20th century. They are also increasingly grown in Europe for its hardiness.
Medicinal use
It is a good remedy for a fever or cough.
It is an "ailment of the stomach and large intestine".
It can be crushed and applied to minor rashes.
Culinary use
Baby bok choy which is harvested earlier than the regular bok choy is much tastier and sweeter. They can be stir fried or used in soups.
Flavor profile
It helps quench one's thirst because of its lightness.
If it is not sautéed on the wok too long, it has a nice crunch.
Other uses besides edible/medicinal
One of the Three Treasures of the National Palace Museum in Taipei is the Jadeite Cabbage. It is carved so intricately and precisely that it is one of the most spectated object in the museum. It is a symbol of fertility and female virtue.
Main Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bok_choy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brassica_rapa
Secondary Source https://www.leaf.tv/articles/history-of-bok-choy/
Tertiary Source https://www.rodalesorganiclife.com/garden/how-to-grow-bok-choy/slide/1
I picked day-lily and bok choy instead!
Common Name: Day-lily, common daylily, Eve's thread, orange daylily, tawny orange lily
Genus Name Hermerocallis fulva
Etymology Greek words hemera "day" and kalos means "beautiful"
Fulva refers to the orange/tawny color
Family Name Lily Family (Liliaceae)
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| Hemerocallis fulva, illustration of 1885 |
Daylilies are similar to lilies and are not considered as "true lilies" based on its orange, tawny color and spotless petals. The petals are open for one day, 24 hours. The flower stalk is leafless, but the basal leaves are long and swordlike.
Note: True lilies in the Lilium family can be confused with the Lily family. Lilium family has spots on the flower petals.
List of related plants:
Yellow daylily (lemon lily, Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus, Hemeroallis lava)
Preferred growing conditions
It is usually grown in front of people's houses and can provide a year round produce of food.
It is also seen in an open area of field, waste ground and/or the roadside where the soil is not disturbed.
It prefers rich, damp and gravelly soil the most.
Region of origin
It originated from China, Korea, and Japan.
History of global migration or use
It is said that sea captains brought back daylilies from Asia (China, Korea, and Japan) to North America. Daylilies became popular throughout North America. It is found throughout Ontario to New Brunswick, south to Missouri, Tennessee and North Carolina.
Daylilies were also brought into England.
Culinary use
The young shoots, flower-buds, flowers and tubers are all edible.
The early shoots and tubers can be mixed into salads and prepared like asparagus.
Older tubers can be prepared like corn.
Younger flowerbuds can be cooked like green beans and older flowerbuds can be cooked like fritters.
Flowers can cooked like fritters.
The flowers in any condition - fresh, withered, or dried - can be used as seasoning for stews.
In Southern Chinese cuisine, the flowers of the daylilies are known as golden needles, or 金針, and are used in vegetarian dishes: Buddha's delight and moo shu pork. It is also used in hot and sour soup.
Flavor profile
It depends on what part of the plant is used, but normally it tastes sweet.
Other uses besides edible/medicinal
Symbolism associated with plant
Main Source Edible Wild Plants: Eastern/Central North America (1977)
Secondary Source http://www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/weedguide/single_weed.php?id=37
Tertiary Source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylily
Common Name Bok choy (type of Chinese cabbage)
Species Name Brassica rapa
Cultivar Group Chinensis
Physiological aspects (how does it look like)
Some people confuse bok choy with nappa cabbage. However, the bottom of the plant is wide and tapers in the middle to where the wide leaves spread out. The form somewhat resembles Swiss chard.
The Cantonese name, bok choy, refers to the whiteness of the vegetable. Northern Chinese refer to it as 青菜 or clear, green blue.
List of related plants:
turnip, napa cabbage, bomdong (hardy early spring cabbage), cime di rapa (broccoli raab)
Preferred growing conditions
It grows in mild weather, in early spring with "loose, well-drained soil."
Region of origin
Bok Choy is popular in the Southern China and it has been discovered that the seeds of the Brassica species were found in the Banpo village in the Yellow River Valley. Therefore, the species has been cultivated for more than 6,000 years.
Increasingly grown in Northern Europe and United States
History of global migration or use
In the 19th century, Chinese immigrants brought bok choy into United States. It became popular in the 20th century. They are also increasingly grown in Europe for its hardiness.
Medicinal use
It is a good remedy for a fever or cough.
It is an "ailment of the stomach and large intestine".
It can be crushed and applied to minor rashes.
Culinary use
Baby bok choy which is harvested earlier than the regular bok choy is much tastier and sweeter. They can be stir fried or used in soups.
Flavor profile
It helps quench one's thirst because of its lightness.If it is not sautéed on the wok too long, it has a nice crunch.
Other uses besides edible/medicinal
One of the Three Treasures of the National Palace Museum in Taipei is the Jadeite Cabbage. It is carved so intricately and precisely that it is one of the most spectated object in the museum. It is a symbol of fertility and female virtue.
Main Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bok_choy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brassica_rapa
Secondary Source https://www.leaf.tv/articles/history-of-bok-choy/
Tertiary Source https://www.rodalesorganiclife.com/garden/how-to-grow-bok-choy/slide/1
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