Wiesenlabkraut

Prefers a loose moist leafy soil in some shade. Tolerates dry soils but the leaves quickly become scorched when growing in full sun. This species does not thrive in a hot climate. A polymorphic species.

Edible Parts: Leaves Edible Uses: Leaves - raw or cooked.

Dye A red dye is obtained from the root. It is very fiddly to utilize. A good ground cover for growing in cool shade under shrubs or in the woodland garden.

Heimisch: ?Sweden; Netherlands; ?Belgium; Luxembourg; Germany (Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Schleswig-Holstein, Saarland, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Austria; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Hungary; Portugal; Spain; Andorra; France; Channel Isl.; Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; San Marino; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Serbia; Kosovo; Albania; Romania; ?Bulgaria; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Belarus; C-European Russia; E-European Russia; N-European Russia; W-European Russia; Ukraine; Crimea; Egypt (SE-Egypt); Siberia (Altay, Buryatia, Irkutsk, W-Siberia); Russian Far East [I] (Kuril Isl. [I], Magadan [I], Primorye [I]); Northern Caucasus; ?Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; ?Azerbaijan; New Zealand [I]; Greenland [I]; Canada [I] (British Columbia [I], Labrador [I], New Brunswick [I], Newfoundland [I], Nova Scotia [I], Ontario [I], Prince Edward Isl. [I], Québec [I]); USA [I] (California [I], Connecticut [I], District of Columbia [I], Delaware [I], Georgia [I], Iowa [I], Idaho [I], Illinois [I], Indiana [I], Kentucky [I], Massachusetts [I], Maryland [I], Maine [I], Michigan [I], Minnesota [I], Mississippi [I], Montana [I], North Carolina [I], New Hampshire [I], New Jersey [I], New York [I], Ohio [I], Oregon [I], Pennsylvania [I], Rhode Island [I], Tennessee [I], Utah [I], Virginia [I], Vermont [I], Washington State [I], Wisconsin [I], West Virginia [I], Wyoming [I]); Argentina [I], Albania, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Brussels-Capital Region, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, DK, Denmark, East European Russia, Faial Island, Finland, Flanders, Flemish Region, France, GL, Germany, Graciosa Island, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Libya, Morocco, NO, NW. Balkan Pen., Netherlands, North America, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Pico Island, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tuva, Ukraine, Walloon Region, West Siberia Eingeführt: Alberta, Argentina Northeast, British Columbia, CA, California, Crozet Is., Crozet Islands, Germany, Greenland, IS, Illinois, JP, Kamchatka, Kentucky, Kuril Is., Labrador, Magadan, Maryland, Minnesota, NO, New Brunswick, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Primorye, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Tennessee, Uruguay, Vermont, Wisconsin