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Succeeds in any moderately fertile retentive soil in sun or shade.Tolerant of a wide range of soil types and of shade. Plants can be naturalized in meadows. A very cold-tolerant species. tolerating temperatures down to at least -25°c. Members of this genus are rarely if ever troubled by browsing deer or rabbits. Often self sows freely.

None known

Dye A blue dye is obtained from the flowers. It is violet. Fugitive. A useful and dense ground cover plant, succeeding in deep shade. It needs weeding for the first year or so. Plants should be spaced about 60cm apart each way.

Heimisch: Albania, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Brussels-Capital Region, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, DK, Denmark, East European Russia, FI, Finland, Flemish Region, France, Føroyar, GL, Germany, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Haus, Hungary, IS, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Krasnoyarsk, N. Rana, NO, NW. Balkan Pen., North America, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Poland, Romania, SE, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Ukraine, Walloon Region, West Siberia Eingeführt: Belgium, CA, France, Great Britain, Illinois, Netherlands, Quebec, Québec, The Netherlands