Family | fabaceae |
Description | Upright perennial herb, dies back in autumn and regrows in late winter |
Flowering time | Spring |
Distribution & botanical details | click here |
Vegetation communities | Most common in grassy woodland including white box grassy woodland. |
Soil types | Wide range. |
Values/uses | |
-revegetation/habitat values | Underutilised plant. Excellent robust forb for diversification of understorey. Easy to establish via direct seeding. |
-amenity/ornamental values | One of the most beautiful, easily grown and robust perennial wildflowers, should be more widely grown. |
-other values | Nitrogen fixer. |
Tolerances | |
-water deficit | average |
-compaction | average |
-waterlogging | average |
-shade | average-high |
-minimum temperature | -8 degrees |
Seed and germination details | |
-avge no. seeds per gram | 120 |
-viability period | long |
-dormancy | physical |
-treatment | boiling water or scarification |
-days from first to last germination at 25 degrees | not known |
-direct seeding | easy |
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