Alpen Mannsschild
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Alpine man's shield ( Androsace alpina ) |
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The Androsace alpina ( Androsace alpina ) and glacial Mannsschild , is a plant species that the genus Mannsschild ( Androsace ) in the family of Primrose belongs (Primulaceae).
description
Vegetative characteristics
The Alpen-Mannsschild grows as a perennial herbaceous plant and forms a 1 to 3 centimeter high, loose lawn or flat cushion. The parts of the plant are covered with two to eight-pointed star hairs.
Arranged in rosette leaves are oblong ovoid hairy at a length of 3 to 6 mm to lanceolate and only at the edge, top and bottom.
Generative characteristics
The individual flowers are short stalked and barely or only slightly rise above the leaves. The hermaphroditic flowers are radial symmetry and five-fold with a double flower envelope . The five sepals are fused up to about half their length and there are five narrow-lanceolate calyx tips. The crown has a diameter of 7 to 8 millimeters and is pink or white but in any case with a yellow throat ring.
The flowering period extends from June to August.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 40.
Occurrence
The Alpen-Mannsschild is endemic to the Alps , especially in the silicate chains . The distribution area includes the area from the Dauphiné to Carinthia and Styria. He is missing in Bavaria. In Austria it occurs scattered or rarely in the federal states of Styria , Carinthia , Salzburg , Tyrol , Vorarlberg ( Upper Austria unexplained).
This lime-avoiding plant prefers moist, long snow-covered soils , rubble and rocks as a location . The Alpen-Mannsschild thrives at altitudes of 2200 to 4200 meters and is therefore one of the ten highest rising alpine plants. The Alpen-Mannsschild is eponymous for the Alpenmannsschildhalde . Androsace alpina is a character species of Androsacetum alpinae from the association Androsacion alpinae.
Common names
For this species there is also the common name Blauer Speik in Austria , in the Zillertal and in the Pinzgau .
literature
- Xaver Finkenzeller: Alpine flowers. Recognize & determine. Mosaik, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-576-11482-3 .
- Wolfgang Adler, Karl Oswald, Raimund Fischer: Excursion flora of Austria. Ed .: Manfred A. Fischer . Ulmer, Stuttgart / Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-8001-3461-6 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Erich Oberdorfer : Plant-sociological excursion flora for Germany and neighboring areas . With the collaboration of Angelika Schwabe and Theo Müller. 8th, heavily revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3131-5 , pp. 739 .
- ^ Georg August Pritzel , Carl Jessen : The German folk names of plants. New contribution to the German linguistic treasure. Philipp Cohen, Hannover 1882, page 38, online.
Web links
- Androsace alpina (L.) Lam. In: Info Flora , the national data and information center for Swiss flora . Retrieved January 16, 2016.
- Thomas Meyer: Mannsschild data sheet with identification key and photos at Flora-de: Flora von Deutschland (old name of the website: Flowers in Swabia ).