Thick-leaf bergenia

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Thick-leaf bergenia
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Thick-leaf bergenia ( Bergenia crassifolia )

Systematics
Eudicotyledons
Nuclear eudicotyledons
Order : Saxifragales (Saxifragales)
Family : Saxifragaceae (Saxifragaceae)
Genre : Bergenia ( Bergenia )
Type : Thick-leaf bergenia
Scientific name
Bergenia crassifolia
( L. ) Fritsch

The thick sheet Bergenie ( Bergenia crassifolia ) is a plant of the genus Bergenia ( Bergenia ) in the family Saxifragaceae (Saxifragaceae). The species forms hybrids with Bergenia cordifolia , Bergenia purpurascens and Bergenia ciliata .

features

The thick-leaf bergenia is an evergreen, perennial plant that reaches heights of up to 45 centimeters. It forms a rhizome . The leaf blade is elongated, obovate or broadly ovate, wedge-shaped or rounded at the base and rarely weakly heart-shaped. The petal plate is elliptical, oblong or broadly ovate and gradually narrowed towards the base. The inflorescence is more or less crowded, with different short side branches of the first order. The inflorescence branches have few glands (var. Crassifolia ) or numerous glands (var. Pacifica ). The flowers are more or less nodding.

The flowering time is in April and May.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 34.

Systematics and occurrence

There are two varieties:

  • Bergenia crassifolia var. Crassifolia occurs in Russia in the Baikal area and the Altai, in northeastern Mongolia, in northwestern China and in North Korea in forests, on rock corridors and in crevices at altitudes of 200 to 2000 meters.
  • Bergenia crassifolia var. Pacifica ( Kom. ) Kom. Is native to Russia in the Amur region, where it grows on stony-rocky soils at altitudes of 500 to 1800 meters.

use

The thick-leaf bergenia is widely used as an ornamental plant for rock gardens, borders, dry stone walls, groups of trees and pond banks. The crassifolia variety has been in cultivation since 1765 at the latest.

literature

  • 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 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Erich Oberdorfer : Plant-sociological excursion flora for Germany and neighboring areas . 8th edition. Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3131-5 . Page 492.

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