Golddistel

Succeeds in a sunny position in ordinary garden soil. Prefers an alkaline soil. Prefers a poor soil. Plants are hardy to about -15°c. The presence of this species in a meadow usually indicates a poor sandy soil. This species resents root disturbance, it should be planted into its final position as soon as possible.

Edible Parts: Flowers Edible Uses: Flowering head - cooked. Used as a globe artichoke substitute, though they are considerably smaller and even more fiddly[K].

Weather forecasting The flower heads expand in dry weather and close in moist weather. The dried flowers will continue to do this for a long time and they thus form a basic hygrometer for use in weather forecasting.

Heimisch: Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Czechia-Slovakia, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Gruziya, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Krym, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Nakhichevan, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Yugoslavia Eingeführt: New Jersey, New York