Thick-leaved chess flower
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Thick-leaved chess flower ( Fritillaria crassifolia ) |
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The Fritillaria crassifolia ( Fritillaria crassifolia ) is a plant from the family of the lily family (Liliaceae). It is very rich in form.
description
The thick-leaved chess flower is a perennial , herbaceous bulb plant that reaches heights of 6 to 20 centimeters. Usually there are 4, rarely up to 7 leaves . The upper leaves are linear, the lower ovate-lanceolate. There are 1 to 3 flowers . The tepals are 18 to 24 millimeters long and yellow or greenish in color. They have a brown checkerboard pattern and usually an indistinct central stripe. The nectar glands measure 8 to 12 × 1 to 2 millimeters. The style branches are 2 to 4 millimeters long.
The flowering time is in April, rarely in May.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 24.
Occurrence
The thick-leaved chess flower is found in Turkey, northern Iraq and southwestern Iran. It grows on limestone scree slopes and in snow valleys at altitudes of 1500 to 3500 meters.
Systematics
There are two or three subspecies of the thick-leaved chess flower:
- Fritillaria crassifolia subsp. crassifolia : It occurs from Turkey to Iran.
- Fritillaria crassifolia subsp. hakkarensis Rix: It occurs from southeastern Turkey to northern Iraq.
- Fritillaria crassifolia subsp. kurdica (Boiss. et Noë) Rix: It is considered by some authors as a separate species: Fritillaria kurdica Boiss. & Noë. It occurs from southeastern Turkey to western Iran.
use
The thick-leaved chess flower is rarely used as an ornamental plant for rock gardens.
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
- ^ Tropicos. [1]
- ↑ a b c d Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Fritillaria crassifolia. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved September 26, 2016.
