Good Heinrich (Chenopodium bonus henricus), (also: Savage spinach) is one to the fox tail plants (Amaranthaceae) belonging kind from the kind (Chenopodium). Traditionally this kind as well as others in that in former times than independently treated family of the goose foot plants (Chenopodiaceae) summarized.

The name is to remind either of the legend of the poor Heinrich or read old-high-German Heimrich (home = yard place and rich = frequently, well edible).

Description

Plant of several years and the odorless becomes about 30 to 80 centimeters highly and possesses an upright property Heinrich possesses a carrot-like strong Rhizom and a fleshy-white stake root.

The rather large change-constant sheets five to eleven centimeters long and are triangular to nearly ganzrandig, langgestielt, pointedly or blunt, at first mehlig, later dark-green.

The small, greenish, inconspicuous blooms are zwittrig or in-sexually female. They sit numerously in extended, pyramid-shaped bloom conditions (about five centimeters long illusory ears), often are nodding and possess no carrying sheets.

The reddish-brown seeds have a raue surface.

Bloom time is from April to Octobers.

Occurrence

The plant is common in completely Europe and prefers Ruderalflure, nitrogen-rich, fresh Hochstaudenfluren and into the subalpine increment.

Use

As game vegetable the property Heinrich has numerous ranges of application. The young plants not flowering yet are used like spinach. About 12 cm long impulses are prepared like asparagus. In the Balkans one manufactures tasting Konfekt from the zerstossenen Rhizomen in like peanut butter. One knows the blooms similarly as Brokkoli vapors.

Welfare plant

The welfare plant, which is considered as exhausting, blood-cleaning and softening, contains iron and Vitamin C. you was in former times arzneilich against skin diseases in the employment.

Other

This kind was original in of the alps resident, later arrived it than culture followers into the flat country and immigrated to village Ruderalgesellschaften. By the urbanization of the villages the kind decreased/went back strongly.

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