Large-flowered stone purse
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Large-flowered stone purse ( Aethionema grandiflorum ) |
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The large-flowered stone purse ( Aethionema grandiflorum ) is a species of the genus stone purse ( Aethionema ) within the cruciferous family (Brassicaceae). The natural distribution area is in the Middle East . It is used as an ornamental plant.
description
Vegetative characteristics
The large-flowered stone purse is a subshrub that reaches heights of up to 35 centimeters. There are many relatively thin, more or less subdivided branches that only branch at the base. The leaves are distributed over the entire length of the branches. The leaf blade is 2 to 3 centimeters long and lanceolate and has a strong blue frosting.
Generative characteristics
The flowering period extends from June to July. The flowers are in contract leafless , initially dense doldentraubigen inflorescences together; the inflorescence axes stretch until the fruit is ripe and the greatly elongated fruit stand is then grape-like .
The relatively large, hermaphrodite flowers are four-fold. The four light-lilac-pink petals are three to four times longer than the sepals .
The two-seeded pods are circular and broadly winged with a diameter of about 1 centimeter.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 24 or 28.
Distribution and location requirements
The natural range is in Turkey , northern Iraq , Iran and the Caucasus . The large-flowered stone purse grows in steppes and dry forests on dry to fresh, slightly acidic to strongly alkaline, sandy, sandy-gravelly or sandy-loamy, nutrient-rich soils in sunny to light-shaded locations. The large-flowered stone purse loves warmth, is mostly frost hardy but sensitive to moisture. It is assigned to winter hardiness zone 6b with mean annual minimum temperatures of −20.5 to −17.8 ° C (−5 to 0 ° F).
Taxonomy
The first description of Aethionema grandiflorum was made in 1849 by Pierre Edmond Boissier and Rudolph Friedrich Hohenacker in Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum , Series 1, 8, 42. The genus name Aethionema derived from the Greek words aethes for "unusual" and nema for "thread" from . He refers to the unusual arrangement of the stamens, which are also winged on the inside . The specific epithet grandiflorum comes from Latin and means "large-flowered".
Synonyms for Aethionema grandiflorum Boiss. & High. are: Aethionema cordifolium Boiss. , Aethionema pallidiflorum Hausskn. & Bornm. and Aethionema pulchellum Boiss. & A.Huet .
use
The large-flowered stone purse is used as an ornamental plant due to the decorative and fragrant flowers .
proof
literature
- Andreas Roloff , Andreas Bärtels: Flora of the woods. Purpose, properties and use. With a winter key from Bernd Schulz. 3rd, corrected edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2008, ISBN 978-3-8001-5614-6 , p. 94.
- Jost Fitschen : Woody flora . 12th, revised and expanded edition. Quelle & Meyer, Wiebelsheim 2007, ISBN 3-494-01422-1 , p. 336 .
- Helmut Genaust: Etymological dictionary of botanical plant names. 3rd, completely revised and expanded edition. Nikol, Hamburg 2005, ISBN 3-937872-16-7 (reprint from 1996).
Individual evidence
- ↑ German name according to Roloff et al .: Flora der Gehölze , p. 94 and after Fitschen: Gehölzflora , p. 336
- ↑ a b c d Roloff et al .: Flora der Gehölze , p. 94
- ↑ Fitschen: Gehölzflora , p. 336
- ↑ Aethionema grandiflorum at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
- ↑ Exactly: Etymological Dictionary of Botanical Plant Names , p. 43
- ↑ Exactly: Etymological Dictionary of Botanical Plant Names , p. 273
- ↑ Aethionema grandiflorum at Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, accessed July 2, 2017.
- ↑ Aethionema grandiflorum . In: Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). United States Department of Agriculture, accessed September 3, 2012 .
Web links
- Günther Blaich: data sheet with photos.
- Data sheet with photos.
- Aethionema grandiflorum . Heritage Perennials,accessed September 3, 2012.