Banat ball thistle
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Banat ball thistle ( Echinops bannaticus ) |
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The Banat globe thistle ( Echinops bannaticus ) is a plant from the family of the daisy family (Asteraceae).
features
The Banat spherical thistle is a perennial , herbaceous plant that may develop a pleio shape and reach heights of 50 to 120 centimeters. The leaves are pinnate, their sections have 1 to 2 lobes on both sides. The upper side of the leaf is scattered glandular and loosely cobweby. The shell of the individual heads is 14 to 20 millimeters long. The outer bracts are spatulate and blunt. The middle ones are lanceolate and have a straight, short tip. The stem is one to few heads. The collecting heads have a diameter of 2.5 to 4 (rarely up to 6) centimeters. The crown is gray-blue.
The flowering period extends from July to September.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 30 or 32.
distribution
The Banat ball thistle occurs on the Balkan Peninsula, in Romania and Bulgaria. In Great Britain and Germany it is a neophyte. It grows on the edge of the forest and roads in the hill step. In Central Europe the species occurs temporarily feral in rubble weed communities.
use
The Banat ball thistle is rarely used as an ornamental plant.
supporting documents
- Eckehart J. Jäger, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd K. Müller (eds.): Rothmaler - excursion flora from Germany. Volume 5: Herbaceous ornamental and useful plants . Spectrum Academic Publishing House, Berlin Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8 , p. 633-634 .
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. 958 .
- ↑ a b Werner Greuter (2006+): Compositae (pro parte majore). - In: W. Greuter & E. von Raab-Straube (eds.): Compositae. Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Datasheet Echinops bannaticus In: Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.
Web links
- Echinops bannaticus Rochel ex Schrad., Banat ball thistle. In: FloraWeb.de.
- Banat ball thistle . In: BiolFlor, the database of biological-ecological characteristics of the flora of Germany.
- Thomas Meyer: Ball thistle data sheet with identification key and photos at Flora-de: Flora von Deutschland (old name of the website: Flowers in Swabia )