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Astrantia trifida,('Colchic Masterwort') is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae. It has long reddish (or white) flowers.

Description


ASTRANTIA trifida Star of Beauty / Astrancia triforum / - two- tone flowers with a white center and purple petals. Height is up to 60 cm.

Astrantia trifida Hoffm., Gen. Pl. Umbell., ed. 2. 1. praef. 8 in nota (1816).

Taxonomy
The specific epithet trifida, refers to

Hoffm., Gen. Pl. Umbell., ed. 2. 1. praef. 8 in nota (1816) A. trifida was originally described and published by the German Georg Franz Hoffmann in his book Genera Plantarum Umbelliferarum (1816, Moscow).

Distribution and habitat
It is native to the south-eastern Alps in Europe.