Pleurospermum uralense

Pleurospermum uralense is part of the carrot family, Apiaceae. It grows in temperate zones, where the climate is mild. It lives for two years or grows back each year. Kew gives its range as eastern Europe to Korea. This range reaches north and central parts of Japan too. Plants For A Future names European Russia, Siberia, and Mongolia. These sources give it a broad native range. They give no smaller range for plants grown in gardens.

The plant grows about 3.3 feet [1 metre] tall. The draft gives no width for a full-grown plant. It gives no facts on stem or leaf shape. In the wild, the plant grows in several kinds of woods. These include conifer woods, pine woods, and birch-aspen woods. It grows at forest edges and where people have cleared woods. Less often, it grows in meadows below the alpine zone or in ravines. Some sites lie near swamps. Yet it prefers moist soil, not soil soaked with water.

Plants For A Future says flowers appear from June to July. Each flower has both male and female organs. Insects move pollen from flower to flower. The plant is self-fertile: its own pollen can help it set seed. Seeds ripen from July to August, after the bloom season. The draft gives no flower colour or fruit shape. It gives no facts on the seed heads either. The bloom dates place its flowers in early to midsummer.

Plants For A Future lists sun or light shade for growth. Garden sites include sunny woodland edges and shade with patches of sun. The plant likes moist soil that drains well. It grows in sand, loam, and clay soils. Soil can be slightly acid, neutral, or slightly alkaline. This gives a choice of soils, but does not imply it withstands standing water. The source is unsure how well it withstands British cold. Its native range hints that it may grow outdoors. Yet the source gives no rating for cold hardiness. It bases its wider notes on how to grow the genus, not just this species.

People have used the young leaves as cooked food. Plants For A Future gives this use a low food rating. It reports no known hazards, but that does not prove full safety. It lists no known uses as medicine or for other needs. Its weed review classes the species as not weedy. The draft names no pests or diseases.