Datisca cannabina
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Datisca cannabina is a species of plant from the pseudo-hemp family (Datiscaceae).
description
Datisca cannabina is a perennial, herbaceous plant that reaches heights of 1 to 4 meters. The species is wind-flowered and mostly dioecious. The stem is erect. The leaves are alternate and pinnate unpaired. The leaflets are lanceolate and serrate. Their tips are greatly elongated so that they reach a length of 10 centimeters. The flowers are arranged in long, racemose inflorescences. Petals are missing. Male flowers have 8 to 25 stamens. The female flowers have 3 to 5 thread-shaped and deep two-column styles.
The flowering period extends from July to August.
leaves
inflorescence
Fruit cluster
Occurrence
The species occurs in the eastern Mediterranean , Turkey , the Caucasus , Iran and the Himalayas . It grows in damp forests and on river banks at altitudes of 20 to 1700 meters.
use
Datisca cannabina is rarely used as an ornamental plant.
supporting documents
- Eckehart J. Jäger, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd K. Müller (eds.): Excursion flora from Germany . Founded by Werner Rothmaler. tape 5 : Herbaceous ornamental and useful plants . Springer, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Berlin / Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8 , pp. 232 .
