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Fabaceae
Horseshoe-vetch
Hippocrepis comosa
Also known as Hippocrepis rolandi, Hippocrepis comosa var. alpestris, Hippocrepis comosa var. rolandi, Hippocrepis
Native Plants · Wildflower · Pollinator · Rock Garden · Chalk Grassland · Yellow Flowers · Meadow · Low Maintenance · Ground Cover · Legume · Butterfly Habitat
Horseshoe-vetch is a cheerful, low-growing perennial wildflower suited to chalky, well-drained soils in a sunny spot. It requires very little care once established, making it ideal for rock gardens, wildflower meadows, and pollinator plots. Avoid rich or waterlogged soils, as it thrives in lean, alkaline conditions typical of its native limestone grasslands.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water sparingly; allow soil to dry out between waterings as it prefers well-drained, lean conditions · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 10 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Krym, Netherlands, Romania, Sardegna, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, Yugoslavia
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle
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