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Great Masterwort
Astrantia major
59.6341, 17.1308
Field Notes
Description:
The great masterwort is very attractive especially to small butterflies that come to enjoy its nectar. The flowers are dense 2-3" diameter domes of tiny florets, backed by stiff, petal-like bracts, usually referred to as a 'collar', all held above the foliage on wiry stems. Interesting, complex, long-lasting flowers, prized by flower arrangers but also perfectly at home in the cottage garden.
Habitat:
Planted in a public city garden/park in Enköping called Drömparken (Park of dreams)
Notes:
The natural habitats for the great masterwort include wet meadows, so the species thrives best in fairly moist ground, even though it is generally undemanding as far as the soil is concerned. It reproduces with the help of short offshoots, but the natural strains also reproduce from seeds.
Family Apiaceae, native to central and eastern Europe. Five Subspecies are recorded according to Wikipedia.
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