Field Snapdragon
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The Creeping Snapdragon ( Misopates orontium , Syn. : Antirrhinum orontium ) is a plant that the family of plantain plants belongs (Plantaginaceae).
description
The snapdragon is an annual plant. It reaches heights of 8 to 50 centimeters. The plant grows upright and is somewhat branched, in the lower part glabrous to weakly hairy, in the upper part glandular. The leaves are linear to ovate-elliptical, 2–5 cm long and 2–7 mm wide and have a short stalk. They are opposite in the lower part, alternate upward. The flowers are in loose terminal clusters. They are only short stalked, their stems are only up to 4 mm long at the time of fruiting. The calyx is 10-17 mm long, the calyx lobes are linear, the longest about 1.5 times as long as the shortest. The crown of the snapdragon is pink with dark veins. It is 10–15 mm long, as long or slightly shorter than the calyx. The fruit capsule is 8-10 mm long, ovate and hairy with glands.
The chromosome number of the species is 2n = 16.
ecology
Bees are responsible for pollination. The seed is spread by the wind.
Occurrence
The snapdragon is a therophyte . It avoids lime and prefers sandy to loamy fields and also grows on vineyards and fallow land. It occurs in Europe , the Mediterranean region and western Asia. In Germany it is considered an archaeophyte . It is a character species of the Setario-Stachyetum-arvensis in Central Europe.
Danger
The snapdragon is classified as endangered in Germany.
Common names
Or as to the arable snapdragons were partly only regionally, including the names monkey skull ( Silesia ), brackish main , Dorant (Silesia, Thuringia ), dog's head (Thuringia), Dog Skull (Thuringia), calf nose (Silesia), Small snapdragon , nose herb ( Switzerland ), Orant ( Hesse ), starch herb , Teufelsband (Silesia, Middle High German ) and Todtenköpfel (Silesia) in use. Other names are field snapdragon , large orant and cat's mouth .
literature
- Werner Rothmaler , excursion flora for the areas of the GDR and the FRG , Volume 2, Vascular Plants, People and Knowledge Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-06-012539-2 , page 394
- DA Webb: Misopates Rafin. In: Thomas Gaskell Tutin u. a .: Flora Europaea . Volume 3, page 224. Cambridge University Press 1972. ISBN 0-521-08489-X
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Erich Oberdorfer : Plant-sociological excursion flora for Germany and neighboring areas . 8th edition. Stuttgart, Verlag Eugen Ulmer, 2001. Pages 828-829. ISBN 3-8001-3131-5
- ^ Georg August Pritzel , Carl Jessen : The German folk names of plants. New contribution to the German linguistic treasure. Philipp Cohen, Hannover 1882, page 35, online.
- ↑ Werner Rothmaler , excursion flora for the areas of the GDR and the FRG , Volume 2, Vascular Plants, People and Knowledge Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-06-012539-2 , page 394.
Web links
- Field Snapdragon. In: FloraWeb.de.
- Field Snapdragon . In: BiolFlor, the database of biological-ecological characteristics of the flora of Germany.
- Misopates orontium (L.) Raf. In: Info Flora , the national data and information center for Swiss flora . Retrieved March 3, 2016.
- Distribution in the northern hemisphere according to Eric Hultén
- Thomas Meyer: Data sheet with identification key and photos at Flora-de: Flora von Deutschland (old name of the website: Flowers in Swabia )
