Pleurospermum austriacum
a perennial member of the Pleurospermum genus in the family Umbelliferae.
Taxonomy and growth
- Family
- Umbelliferae
- Genus
- Pleurospermum
- Life cycle
- perennial
- Height
- 1 m
- Fertility
- Self fertile, Insects
- Flower type
- hermaphrodite
- Pollinators
- Insects
Uses
Edible uses
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Young leaves - cooked[2].
- Plant part
- Leaves
Environment
- Range
- C. and E. Europe.
- Habitat
- Meadows and damp rocks in valleys and mountains[4].
- Light
- full sun
- Shade tolerance
- no shade
- Water
- moderate
- Soil textures
- sandy, loamy, clay
- Soil pH
- acid, neutral, alkaline
- Drainage
- well drained
- Tolerates Nutritionally Poor Soil
- No
- Drought
- intolerant
Propagation
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Seed - we have no information on this species but suggest sowing the seed in spring in a cold frame. Prick out the seedlings into individual pots when they are large enough to handle and grow them on in the greenhouse for their first winter, planting them out early the following summer. Division might be possible in the spring.
Cultivation
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Succeeds in a fertile well-drained garden soil[1][3]. Monocarpic, the plant living for a number of years without flowering and then dying after flowering[1].
References
F. Chittendon. RHS Dictionary of Plants plus Supplement. 1956 Oxford University Press 1951-00-00
Tanaka. T. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World. Keigaku Publishing 1976-00-00
Huxley. A. The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. MacMillan Press 1992-00-00 ISBN 0-333-47494-5
? Flora Europaea Cambridge University Press 1964-00-00