Pleurospermum austriacum
At a glance
- Lifecycle
- Perennial (hardy)
- Exposure
- Full sun
Cultivation
Succeeds in a fertile well-drained garden soil. Monocarpic, the plant living for a number of years without flowering and then dying after flowering.
Propagation
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.
Edible uses
Young leaves - cooked.
Habitat
Meadows and damp rocks in valleys and mountains.
Native range
C. and E. Europe.