Honey bees
Nectar value
Medium
Pollen value
Medium
Pollinator plant
Flowering Rush
Butomus umbellatus
Linked agroforestry plant data
Pollinator recipe
Bee value
Who this plant supports
Agroforestry database
Complete plant information
Structure
- Vegetation layer
- Water
- Size
- Small
- Dimensions
- 1.00 m high × 0.50 m wide
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
Site conditions
- USDA hardiness
- 4-8
- Moisture
- Wet
- Soil
- Sandy, Loamy, Clay
- pH
- Acid, Neutral, Alkaline
- Light
- Sun
Uses
- Edible parts
- Root, Seed
- Functions
- Fragrant
- Edibility
- 3 out of 5
- Medicinal value
- 0 out of 5
Turnip: cooked. It must be boiled and peeled, and the root must be removed. The root can be dried and ground into a powder, which can then be used as a thickening agent in soups, or added to grain flour when making bread, as it contains more than 50% starch. The seed is very small and difficult to use, but no further details are provided.