Tellima grandiflora - Fringe cups

Fringe cups (Tellima grandiflora) is a perennial herb native to the Pacific coast of North America, grown as a shade-tolerant ground cover and used medicinally to restore appetite.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 5¹
• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Full sun¹
• Semi-shade¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Medicinal use¹

Type

• Herb
• Perennial

Functions

• Ground cover¹
• Fire resistance²

Footnotes

1. Tellima grandiflora | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time >60 seconds ↩