Beach winds

Beach winch or beach winch blade
	Beach bindweed or beach wind sheet ( Calystegia soldanella )
Systematics
	Asterids
	Euasterids I
Order :	Nightshade (Solanales)
Family :	Bindweed family (Convolvulaceae)
Genre :	Bindweed ( Calystegia )
Type :	Beach winch or beach winch blade
Scientific name
	Calystegia soldanella
	( L. ) R.Br.

The beach winch ( Calystegia soldanella ) is a plant from the genus of calystegia ( Calystegia ) in the family of wind plants (Convolvulaceae). The species is distributed worldwide near the seas.

description

The beach wind is a hairless, perennial plant that forms a rhizome as a perennial organ. The stems are prostrate and up to 60 cm long. The leaf blade is 1 to 3 cm long, 1.5 to 2 times wider than long, kidney-shaped and slightly fleshy.

The inflorescence stalks are 3 to 6 cm long and therefore usually protrude above the accompanying leaves. The prophylls are 7 to 16 mm long, 5 to 10 mm wide, ovate to more or less round, the tip is notched to blunt. They start directly below the calyx and enclose it more or less so that they are flat or shaped around the calyx. The sepals are 10 to 16 mm long, the crown is pink and 32 to 52 mm long.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 22.

Beach bindweed ( Calystegia soldanella )

distribution

The species is found worldwide, especially in temperate to subtropical regions near the coast, mostly below 50 m above sea level. It prefers sandy shores and coastal beaches. In Germany it is a character species of the Elymo-Ammophiletum from the Association of Beach Grass White Dune Societies (Ammophilion arenariae).

Common names

The other German-language trivial names exist or existed for the beach winds : sea bells, sea kale (mentioned as early as 1587), sea winds and sea kale.

literature

Richard K. Brummitt: Calystegia soldanella . In: James C. Hickman (Ed.): The Jepson Manual - Higher Plants of California , University of California Press, 1993, ISBN 978-0-520-08255-7 .

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. 772 .
^ Georg August Pritzel , Carl Jessen : The German folk names of plants. New contribution to the German linguistic treasure. Philipp Cohen, Hannover 1882, page 110. ( online ).

Web links

Commons : Beach Winds ( Calystegia soldanella ) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Beach winds. In: FloraWeb.de.
Beach winds . In: BiolFlor, the database of biological-ecological characteristics of the flora of Germany.
Thomas Meyer: Data sheet with identification key and photos at Flora-de: Flora von Deutschland (old name of the website: Flowers in Swabia )

[Oberdorfer2001-1] 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. 772 .

[2] Georg August Pritzel , Carl Jessen : The German folk names of plants. New contribution to the German linguistic treasure. Philipp Cohen, Hannover 1882, page 110. ( online ).