Clasping Twisted Stalk or Watermelon Berry (Streptopus amplexifolius) 抱莖扭柄花

Clasping Twisted Stalk or Watermelon Berry (Streptopus amplexifolius) 抱莖扭柄花

Clasping Twisted Stalk or Watermelon Berry (Streptopus amplexifolius) seeds. 抱莖扭柄花的種子.

Also known as wild cucumber.  Cold hardy bulbous perennial.   Easy to grow.  Best growing in partial shade to full shade. Yellow flowers in mid spring to early summer.  USDA Zones:3-8. Mature size:1′-2′(H) X 9″-1′(W).  Propagate by seeds, bulbs, offsets or division.  Edible young shoots and leaves and small amount of ripe red berries.  Ripe berries have watermelon like flavor.  Medicinal.

又稱為野黃瓜. 耐寒強健的多年生草花.  容易栽種.  最好栽種在半日照到全蔭處.  仲春到初夏時開黃色小花.  耐寒不耐熱.  成熟株高1-2呎,寬幅9吋到1呎.  繁殖以種子,球根,側芽或分株的方式來進行.  新生的嫩葉及少量紅色熟果可以食用(吃多有輕瀉的作用).  熟果嚐起來像是西瓜的味道.  藥用.

Reference links: 參考網站資料連結:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streptopus_amplexifolius                                       https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/%E6%89%AD%E6%9F%84%E8%8A%B1%E5%B1%9E        https://nativeplants.evergreen.ca/search/view-plant.php?ID=00681           http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/55439/#b