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| common_names = Great Masterwort
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| growth_habit = herbaceous
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| high = 24in
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|common_name=Great Masterwort
| wide = 18in
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| origin = C. Europe
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| lifespan = perennial
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| regnum = Plantae
 
| phylum = Magnoliophyta
 
| classis = Magnoliopsida
 
| ordo = Apiales
 
| familia = Apiaceae
 
| genus = Astrantia
 
| species = major
 
 
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Not to be confused with [[Masterwort]] (Peucedanum ostruthium).
 
Not to be confused with [[Masterwort]] (Peucedanum ostruthium).
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Astrantia major, Linn. The commonest species in cult.: 1-3 ft.: radical Lvs. 5-lobed, the lobes ovate-lanceolate and more or less parted and toothed, acute: fls. pinkish, or rose, or white: involucel of 20 or less linear-lanceolate entire leafy parts; calyx-lobes lanceolate and spinulose, exceeding the petals. Eu.—Thrives by running water and in partial shade. May, June.
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===Pests and diseases===
 
===Pests and diseases===
 
[[Slugs]] attack stems/leaves.  [[Powdery mildew]].
 
[[Slugs]] attack stems/leaves.  [[Powdery mildew]].
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
 
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
 
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Latest revision as of 03:41, 29 January 2010


Great Masterwort


Plant Characteristics
Habit   herbaceous

Height: 24 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 24.
Width: 18 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 18.
Lifespan: perennial
Origin: C. Europe
Cultivation
Scientific Names

Apiaceae >

Astrantia >

major >


Not to be confused with Masterwort (Peucedanum ostruthium).


Read about Great Masterwort in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Astrantia major, Linn. The commonest species in cult.: 1-3 ft.: radical Lvs. 5-lobed, the lobes ovate-lanceolate and more or less parted and toothed, acute: fls. pinkish, or rose, or white: involucel of 20 or less linear-lanceolate entire leafy parts; calyx-lobes lanceolate and spinulose, exceeding the petals. Eu.—Thrives by running water and in partial shade. May, June.


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Cultivation

Astrantia major calendar?
January:
February:
March: divide
April: divide
May: transplant
June: flowering
July: flowering
August: sowing
September:
October:
November:
December:
Notes:


Propagation

Either from ripe seeds in summer, or from spring division.

Pests and diseases

Slugs attack stems/leaves. Powdery mildew.

Varieties

Gallery


References

External links