Rote Spornblume

Landscape Uses:Border, Ground cover, Massing, Rock garden, Seashore. Grows well in ordinary moist, well-drained garden soil and on dry walls. Prefers a sunny position, though it also succeeds in semi-shade. Thrives on chalk, poor soils and in sandy soils. Established plants are drought tolerant. This species is hardy to about -15°c. Plants are generally long-lived and grow especially well in maritime areas, where they are a common feature of hedgerows and walls[219, K]. A very ornamental plant, it attracts moths and butterflies. The flowers have an unpleasant smell like perspiration. Special Features: Attracts birds, Attractive foliage, Not North American native, Naturalizing, Attracts butterflies, Suitable for cut flowers, Extended bloom season in Zones 9A and above, Fragrant flowers. The plant is heat tolerant in zones 8 through 5. (Plant Hardiness Zones show how well plants withstand cold winter temperatures. Plant Heat Zones show when plants would start suffering from the heat. The Plant Heat Zone map is based on the number of "heat days" experienced in a given area where the temperature climbs to over 86 degrees F (30°C). At this temperature, many plants begin to suffer physiological damage. Heat Zones range from 1 (no heat days) to 12 (210 or more heat days). For example Heat Zone. 11-1 indicates that the plant is heat tolerant in zones 11 through 1.) For polyculture design as well as the above-ground architecture (form - tree, shrub etc. and size shown above) information on the habit and root pattern is also useful and given here if available. The plant growth habit is a clumper with limited spread [1-2].

Edible Parts: Leaves Root Edible Uses: Young leaves - raw or cooked as greens. Exceedingly good, either in salads or cooked as a vegetable. This differs from our own experience, whilst the leaves can be added to salads they are rather bitter and rather less than desirable[8, 183, K]. Root - cooked. Used in soups.

Miscellany The seeds were used in ancient embalming.

Heimisch: DK, Faial Island, Flanders, Flores Island, Graciosa Island, Hawaii, NO, North America, Oceania, Pico Island, SE, Santa Maria Island, SouthAfrica, SouthernAfrica_FSA, São Jorge Island, São Miguel Island, Terceira Island, WesternCape, ZA, conterminous 48 United States Eingeführt: AT, AU, Archipielago Juan Fernández, Auckland (SC), Canterbury (OOI), Austria, Azores, Belgium, British Columbia, Brussels-Capital Region, CH, CY, CZ, Canary Is., Channel Is., Corse (Corsica), Czech Republic, DE, DK, Denmark, ES, England, Finland, Flemish Region, France, GB, Germany, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Great Britain, Hungary, IE, Ireland, Juan Fernandez Islands, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Madeira, Malta, NO, Northern Ireland, PT, SE, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland, Table Mountain National Park, Tankwa-Karoo National Park, The Netherlands, Tristan da Cunha, Ukraine, Wales, Walloon Region, ZA