Cerastium scaposum

Cerastium scaposum
Systematics
	Nuclear eudicotyledons
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Carnation family (Caryophyllaceae)
Subfamily :	Alsinoideae
Genre :	Horn herbs ( Cerastium )
Type :	Cerastium scaposum
Scientific name
	Cerastium scaposum
	Boiss. & Hero.

The Cerastium scaposum is a species of horn herb ( Cerastium ) in the carnation family (Caryophyllaceae).

features

Cerastium scaposum is an annual stem therophyte that reaches heights of 2 to 11 centimeters. The stem is very short and leafy. The flower stalks are 10 to 70 millimeters long. The flowers are usually arranged individually. The sepals are 4 to 5.5 millimeters long and covered with very short hair. They are shorter than the crown. The fruits are cylindrical capsules.

The flowering period extends from April to June.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 36.

Occurrence

Cerastium scaposum is endemic to Crete . The species grows on limestone rocks and rubble, in Phrygana and in open forests at altitudes of 250 to 1700 (1900) meters.

Systematics

There are two subspecies:

Cerastium scaposum Boiss. & Hero. subsp. scaposum
Cerastium scaposum subsp. peninsularum Greuter , N.Böhling & RLJahn

literature

Ralf Jahn, Peter Schönfelder: Excursion flora for Crete . With contributions by Alfred Mayer and Martin Scheuerer. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 1995, ISBN 3-8001-3478-0 .

Individual evidence

↑ Cerastium scaposum at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
↑ Karol Marhold, 2011: Caryophyllaceae : Datasheet Cerastium scaposum In: Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.
↑ Werner Greuter, Niels Böhling, Ralf Jahn: The Cerastium scaposum group (Caryophyllaceae): three annual taxa endemic to Crete (Greece), two of them new. In: Willdenowia. Volume 32, No. 1, pp. 45-54, PDF file .

[IPCN-1] Cerastium scaposum at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis

[Euro+Med-2] Karol Marhold, 2011: Caryophyllaceae : Datasheet Cerastium scaposum In: Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.

[Greuter&al2002-3] Werner Greuter, Niels Böhling, Ralf Jahn: The Cerastium scaposum group (Caryophyllaceae): three annual taxa endemic to Crete (Greece), two of them new. In: Willdenowia. Volume 32, No. 1, pp. 45-54, PDF file .