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The rocks spurge ( Euphorbia saxatilis ) is a plant from the family of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae).
description
This perennial herbaceous plant has ascending, flowering and non-flowering shoots for a lying reason and is about 5 to 12, maximum 20 centimeters high. Non-flowering shoots are scaly at the top, flowering shoots in the center are noticeably densely leafed. The stem leaves are bluish green, glabrous, with entire margins, elongated to linear, mostly notched at the tip and protruding fairly horizontally. Below the inflorescence, the leaves are significantly smaller and wider. The terminal inflorescence is a three- to five-pointed umbel. Bracts and bracts are heart-shaped, nectar glands for short two-horned, fruits are smooth.
Flowering time is from May to June.
distribution
The rock spurge is an Austrian endemic to the northeastern limestone Alps. It occurs scattered or rarely only in the federal state of Lower Austria from the Ötscher region to the eastern edge of the Alps. The locations are black pine forests, dry, warm and stony grasslands as well as dolomite rock and rubble fields in the submontane to submontane altitude range . The deposits are in Austria and in the former Yugoslavia.
literature
- Manfred A. Fischer , Karl Oswald, Wolfgang Adler: Excursion flora for Austria, Liechtenstein and South Tyrol. 3rd, improved edition. State of Upper Austria, Biology Center of the Upper Austrian State Museums, Linz 2008, ISBN 978-3-85474-187-9 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Euphorbia saxatilis. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved April 21, 2020.
