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Glehnia
Glehnia is a genus in the carrot family with a single species, Glehnia littoralis (beach or American silvertop), a coastal plant of sandy beaches and dunes. It is rarely grown as a garden plant, so care notes below are general guidance for the species.
Glehnia is a genus of plants in the carrot family, Apiaceae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Glehnia littoralis, commonly known as beach silvertop and American silvertop. The genus was named after Baltic German botanist Peter von Glehn.
It is native to eastern Asia, particularly eastern China, Japan, and far-eastern Russia, and western North America from Alaska to northern California. It can be found on sandy beaches and dunes.
The plant is perhaps best known as a Chinese herbal remedy for cough.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Glehnia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
