Animal food | fodder | dried flower meal & extract used as supplement for poultry feed fide Ency CNatIn; Food Feed Crops US | Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2 |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |
Food additives | coloring | contains lutein | Cannon, J. & M. Cannon. 1994. Dye plants and dyeing The Herbert Press & The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. |
Harmful organism host | crop diseases | | Ryder, E. J. 1999. Lettuce, endive and chicory. Crop Prod. Sci. Hort. 9:134. |
Materials | tannin/dyestuff | fide Culinary Herbs 585. 1997 | Small, E. 1997. Culinary herbs. Note: NRC Research Press, Ottawa |
Medicines | folklore | | Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |
Non-vertebrate poisons | plant pest control | effective against nematodes & slugs when intercropped with other crops | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |
Social | religious/secular | | Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala. |