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Carnic Masterwort

Astrantia carniolica

Carnic Masterwort
Photo: Benjamin Zwittnig, CC BY 2.5 si
Family
Apiaceae (Carrot family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
SE. Alps
Climate
temperate

About

Astrantia carniolica, the carniolan masterwort or red masterwort, is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae. It has long reddish (or white) flowers.

How to grow it

Astrantia carniolica also has one other cultivar recognised by the RHS. Astrantia carniolica 'rubra', which grows well in the garden, given some shade and moisture. Its flowerhead provides summer colour in shades of red. It is rated for hardiness, USDA zones 5 to 9.

Where it grows

It has been found in Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Italy and Slovenia.

Other Astrantia plants

Bavarian Masterwort · Greater masterwort · Caucasian Astrantia · Lesser Masterwort · Masterwort

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Astrantia carniolica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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