Great masterwort
Astrantia major L.
- light
- —
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 75 cm
- wide
- 46 cm
Apiaceae
Also called Great Masterwort, Greater masterwort
When it flowers
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Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- C. & S. Europe to N. CaucasusKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 61 cm to 89 cmRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Spread
- 46 cmRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- White, red, pinkRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- German
- Sternblume, Große Sterndolde, Schwarzer Sanikel
- Belarusian
- Астранцыя вялікая
- Czech
- jarmanka, jarmanka větší
- Danish
- Stor Stjerneskærm
- Spanish
- Sanicula hembra
- Finnish
- Isotähtiputki
- French
- Grande astrance, Grande radiaire
- Upper Sorbian
- Wulki bělan
- Hungarian
- Nagy völgycsillag, völgycsillag
- Italian
- Astranzia maggiore
- Georgian
- ვარსკვლავა
- Lithuanian
- Didžioji astrantija
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- 3D model: Astrantia major (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.