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Apiaceae
Baldmoney
Meum athamanticum
Mountain purity.
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Meum
- Native to
- Central Europe, British Isles, Alps, Pyrenees
- Bloom season
- Spring, Summer
- Type
- perennial herb
- Height
- 1-2 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun
- Soil
- well-drained, acidic, upland
- Water
- low to moderate
- Hardiness
- 5-8
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- Baldmoney was once used as a culinary and medicinal herb across the Scottish Highlands and European uplands.
- The feathery, hair-like leaves emit a distinctive aromatic scent when crushed, reminiscent of a blend of anise and thyme.
- In Scotland the roots were historically chewed or used to flavor whisky and other liquors.
- It is a plant of unimproved upland grasslands and is increasingly rare due to agricultural improvement of mountain pastures.
- The genus Meum contains only this single species, one of the most restricted genera in the carrot family.
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purity
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mountain heritage
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forgotten tradition