Alpine sock flower
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Alpine sock flower ( Epimedium alpinum ) |
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The alpine sock flower ( Epimedium alpinum ) is a species of sock flower ( Epimedium ) in the barberry family (Berberidaceae).
description
Vegetative characteristics
The alpine sock flower is a perennial herbaceous plant that reaches heights of 20 to 40 centimeters. The "rhizome" is creeping. A basal leaf is formed after the flowering period. The stem is arched upright and single-leaved.
The leaves are pinnate doubly triple . The long-stalked partial leaves are heart-shaped with a length of 4 to 8 centimeters and have bright, forward-pointing spines. The upper side of the leaf is dark green and the underside pale green and scattered with short, frizzy, reddish hairs.
Generative characteristics
The flowering period extends from May to July. A few flowers are arranged in a loose panicle inflorescence .
The dainty, hermaphrodite flowers are four-fold and zygomorphic with a width of about 1 centimeter . The four sepals have a length of up to 4 millimeters, are green to reddish in color and are obsolete. The four petals are dark red and twice as large as the sepals. There are four shoe-shaped, light yellow, spurred nectar leaves.
The follicle fruit is up to 2 centimeters long and beaked short.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 12.
Occurrence
The range of the alpine sock flower extends from Albania to the southern Alps , to the west it extends to Piedmont . The alpine sock flower occurs in montane, shady, warm deciduous forests at altitudes of up to 1200 meters. It is rare.
Taxonomy
Epimedium alpinum was made in 1753 by Carl von Linné . The specific epithet alpinum means "from the Alps".
Common names
The other German-language trivial names exist or existed for the Alpine sock flower : Bischofshut, Bischoffsmütze and Sockenblume.
literature
- Xaver Finkenzeller, Jürke Grau: Alpine flowers (Steinbach's natural guide). Mosaik Verlag GmbH, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-576-10558-1 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Epimedium alpinum L., Alpine sock flower. In: FloraWeb.de.
- ^ Erich Oberdorfer : Plant-sociological excursion flora for Germany and neighboring areas. 8th edition. Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3131-5 . Page 422.
- ^ Georg August Pritzel , Carl Jessen : The German folk names of plants. New contribution to the German linguistic treasure. Philipp Cohen, Hannover 1882, page 140. ( online ).
Web links
- Distribution map for Germany. In: Floraweb .
- Alpine sock flower . In: BiolFlor, the database of biological-ecological characteristics of the flora of Germany.
- Epimedium alpinum L. In: Info Flora , the national data and information center for Swiss flora . Retrieved October 21, 2015.
- Thomas Meyer: Data sheet with identification key and photos at Flora-de: Flora von Deutschland (old name of the website: Flowers in Swabia )
- Data sheet with photos.