Kleines Mädesüß

Landscape Uses:Massing, Rock garden. Prefers a well-drained moisture retentive soil. Dislikes shade. Tolerates dry soils. Grows well on calcareous soils. The flowers are sweetly scented and are very attractive to bees. Members of this genus are rarely if ever troubled by browsing deer. Special Features: Attractive foliage, Naturalizing, Suitable for cut flowers.

Edible Parts: Leaves Root Edible Uses: Young leaves - raw or cooked. They can be added to salads and soups. Root - raw or cooked. Rather bitter. Astringent. Best if roasted. A famine food, it is only used in times of scarcity.

Plants can be used as a ground cover when planted about 45cm apart each way. The cultivar 'Flore Pleno' with sweetly scented double flowers has been recommended.

Heimisch: Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Azores, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, DK, Denmark, East European Russia, England (England, Wales, Isle of Man [I], Scotland [I]); Ireland (W-Ireland, Northern Ireland [I]); Denmark; Norway; Sweden; Finland; Netherlands; Belgium; Luxembourg; Germany (Brandenburg, Berlin, Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, +Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Schleswig-Holstein, Saarland [I], Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); Switzerland; ?Liechtenstein; Austria; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Hungary; Portugal; Spain; France; Channel Isl. (Guernsey); Italy; San Marino; Slovenia; Croatia; ?Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; Bulgaria; Greece (widespread N-Greece, mountains of C-Greece, N-Peloponnisos); Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Belarus; C-European Russia; E-European Russia; N-European Russia; W-European Russia; Ukraine; Crimea; Morocco; Algeria; Azores (Sao Miguel Isl., Terceira, Pico); Siberia (Altay, Irkutsk, Tuva); Russian Far East [I] (Primorye [I]); Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Northern Caucasus; Transcaucasus; Turkey (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia); Iran (Iranian Aserbaijan); New Zealand [I]; Canada [I] (Newfoundland [I], Nova Scotia [I], Ontario [I]); USA [I] (California [I], Connecticut [I], Massachusetts [I], Maine [I], New York [I], Vermont [I]), FI, Finland, Flemish Region, France, Germany, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krym, Morocco, NO, NW. Balkan Pen., Netherlands, North America, North Caucasus, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Pico Island, Poland, Portugal, Portugal Continental, Romania, SE, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, São Miguel Island, Terceira Island, Transcaucasus, Tuva, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, Vermont-US, conterminous 48 United States Eingeführt: Azores, Açores, British Columbia, CA, Finland, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Primorye, RU, Vermont