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Prenanthes purpurea
Also called Rattlesnake root
Prenanthes purpurea, or purple lettuce, is a perennial woodland herb from Europe and the Caucasus, grown mainly as a shade-loving wild or cottage garden plant. The key to growing it is cool, moist, shaded conditions similar to its natural forest-edge habitat.
Prenanthes purpurea is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native from Europe to northeastern Turkey and the Caucasus. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. The species is sometimes called purple lettuce.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
