Description
- Tropical perennial grown as an annual in the temperate north. 120 days to maturity.
- Acmella oleracea , also known under its old names Spilanthes oleracea and Spilanthes acmella and commonly referred to as Spilanthes Extract, is a flowering herb in the plant family Asteraceae , also known as toothache plant or paracress as the leaves and flower heads contain an analgesic agent spilanthol used to numb toothache.
- It is native to the tropics of Brazil , and is grown as an ornamental (and occasionally as a medicinal) in various parts of the world. A small, erect plant, it grows quickly and sends up gold and red flower inflorescences. It is frost-sensitive but perennial in warmer climates.
- Germination: surface sow and keep moist, requires light for germination. Scarification: none required. Stratification: none required.
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