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Spilanthes Seeds | Acmella oceracea/A. alba

Spilanthes Seeds | Acmella oceracea/A. alba

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Spilanthes, aka buzz buttons, electric daisies, or toothache plant, is a widely popular medicinal plant in India and South America.

It has pungent-tasting flowers and leaves that, when tasted, bring a powerful tingling sensation and numbness. This lends to its use as an analgesic for tooth and mouth ailments, but the entire plant is also worked with for its antimicrobial and immunostimulant properties.

Approximately 50 seeds, harvested for 2025.

Grown using only compost, water, & organic fertilizer, our plants are never treated or sprayed with anything at all. 

 

Lifecycle: Perennial

Zones: 10-12, otherwise grown as an annual with 120 days to maturity

Region: Native to Africa and South America

Actions: Immunostimulant, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, sialagogue (promotes salivation), lymphatic, analgesic, antipyretic, vasorelaxant, astringent, diuretic

Parts used: Young flowers, root, stem, & leaf. 

Planting: Start seeds indoors in early spring and transplant outdoors well after the last chance of frost. Pinch back growing tips to encourage a fuller plant. Grows well in containers.

Spacing: 12-18"

Location: Spilanthes prefers full sun, plenty of water, and warm temperatures, much like its native tropical climate. Does not tolerate temperatures below 60F

Germination: 5-12 days

 

 

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