Mountain wound clover
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The mountain wound clover ( Anthyllis montana ) is a species of the genus wound clover ( Anthyllis ) within the legume family (Fabaceae).
description
Vegetative characteristics
The mountain wound clover is a perennial herbaceous plant that reaches heights of up to 20 centimeters and often grows like a cushion. The prostrate to arching stalk can become lignified at the base and is particularly hairy on top.
The alternately arranged leaves are all pinnate unpaired and have eight to twenty lateral partial leaves and one end leaf. The partial leaves are lanceolate and hairy on both sides with a length of up to 10 millimeters. The leaf sheath extends to the lowest part of the leaves and is quite long; in the case of the alpine wound clover ( Anthyllis vulneraria subsp. alpicola ) this is short.
Generative characteristics
The flowering period extends from May to July. The head-shaped inflorescences have a diameter of up to 3 centimeters and contain many short-stalked flowers. The bracts are divided in the shape of a hand and densely hairy.
The hermaphrodite flowers are zygomorphic and five-fold with a double flower envelope . The calyx is densely hairy. The pink to purple colored crown is 12 to 16 centimeters long.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 14 or 28.
Occurrence
The distribution area extends from Spain over the Southwest Alps and the Jura to the Apennines . In the montane to subalpine altitudes , the mountain sorrel thrives at altitudes of 500 to 2400 meters on stony pastures , limestone rubble and rocks.
Systematics
The first publication of Anthyllis montana was in 1753 by Carl von Linné in Species Plantarum , 2, page 719.
Depending on the author, there are about three subspecies of Anthyllis montana :
- Anthyllis montana L. subsp. montana : It occurs in France , Italy , Switzerland and Austria .
- Anthyllis montana subsp. hispanica (Degen & Hervier) Cullen : It only occurs in Spain .
- Anthyllis montana subsp. jacquinii (A.Kern.) Hayek (Syn .: Anthyllis jacquinii A. Kern. ): It occurs in Switzerland, Austria, Italy, on the Balkan Peninsula , in Bulgaria and in Turkey . The number of chromosomes is 2n = 28.
literature
- X. Finkenzeller: Alpenblumen , Mosaik Verlag, Munich, 1985, ISBN 3-570-01349-9 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Anthyllis montana at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
- ↑ Carl von Linné: Species Plantarum. Volume 2, Lars Salvius, Stockholm 1753, p. 719 ( digitized version ).
- ↑ a b c d ILDIS World Database of Legumes 2010: Anthyllis montana In: Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.
Web links
- Anthyllis montana L. s. l. In: Info Flora , the national data and information center for Swiss flora . Retrieved November 18, 2015.
- Thomas Meyer: Data sheet with identification key and photos at Flora-de: Flora von Deutschland (old name of the website: Flowers in Swabia ).