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Astrantia major (great masterwort)

Synonyms: Astrantia caucasica (homotypic); Astrantia major var. maxima; Astrantia vulgaris

Wikipedia Abstract

Astrantia major, common name great masterwort, is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native to central and eastern Europe. Growing to 90 cm (35 in) tall by 45 cm (18 in) broad, it is an herbaceous perennial, much used in gardens.
View Wikipedia Record: Astrantia major

Infraspecies

Astrantia major biebersteinii (greater masterwort) (Endangered) (Attributes)
Astrantia major elatior
Astrantia major f. integra
Astrantia major f. major
Astrantia major involucrata
Astrantia major major
Astrantia major var. apenninica
Astrantia major var. major
Astrantia major var. pyrenaica

Attributes

Bee Flower Color [1]  Blue-Green
Flower Color [1]  White

Predators

Nezara viridula (Southern green stink bug)[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Arnold SEJ, Faruq S, Savolainen V, McOwan PW, Chittka L, 2010 FReD: The Floral Reflectance Database — A Web Portal for Analyses of Flower Colour. PLoS ONE 5(12): e14287.
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0