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Asteraceae
Rattlesnake root
Prenanthes purpurea
Also known as Rattlesnake weed, White lettuce, Prenanthes, Prenanthes tenuifolia
Native Plants · Woodland · Shade Plant · Wildflower · Perennial · Naturalistic Garden · Purple Flowers · European Native · Asteraceae · Late Summer · Pollinator
Rattlesnake root is an elegant European woodland perennial that produces pendulous, purple-tinged flower heads on tall stems in late summer and naturalises beautifully under deciduous trees or in shaded borders. It prefers humus-rich, moist, well-drained soils and dappled to partial shade, closely mimicking its natural forest habitat. This low-maintenance plant needs little intervention once settled, making it ideal for naturalistic or shade garden plantings.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 3 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately to keep soil consistently moist; do not allow to dry out completely in summer · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil pH
- 5–5.5
- Cycle
- Perennial
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Flowers
- No
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, North Caucasus, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle
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