Finger pasque flower
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Pasque Flower ( Pulsatilla patens ) |
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( L. ) Mill. |
The pasqueflower or Star anemone ( Pulsatilla patens , Syn. : Anemone patens L.) is a plant type , which the family of the buttercup family belongs (Ranunculaceae).
description
The finger Kuhschelle is a perennial , herbaceous plant , which reaches a height of 10 to 35 centimeters. The basal leaves are hand-shaped, the leaflets lobed. The basal leaves are tripartite, the leaflets tripartite. The nerve is unilateral to pinnate.
Flowering time is from April to May. Stipules are missing. The hermaphrodite flowers stand upright and solitary. The perigon is at last spread out in a star shape. The six ungrown bracts are purple. There are numerous stamens . The ovary is on top, the fruit a nut .
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 16.
distribution
The pasque flower has a very large distribution area, which extends from Central Europe via Russia and Western Siberia to North America. It can be found on sandy and semi- arid lawns and in dry pine forests. In Central Europe it is a character species of the Pyrolo-Pinetum from the Cytiso-Pinion association, but also occurs in societies of the Cirsio-Brachypodion association.
In Germany the species is considered "critically endangered" and is accordingly on the red list . Today it only occurs in a few locations in the Bavarian Alpine Foreland ( Garchinger Heide , Truderinger Wald, Neustadt an der Donau, Kelheim). Former deposits in Brandenburg (near Guben ) and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ( Rothemühl ) have expired.
In Manitoba ( Canada ) the pasque flower is considered the provincial flower and appears in the coat of arms of Winnipeg .
Systematics
One can distinguish the following subspecies:
- Yellowish pasqueflower ( Pulsatilla patens subsp. Flavescens (Zucc) Zämelis. , Syn .: Pulsatilla flavescens (Zucc) Juz.. , Anemone patens L. subsp. Flavescens (Zucc) Nan Jiang & WBYu. ): It comes in birch , Larch and pine forests, on meadows and in river valleys in Eastern Europe, Siberia and Mongolia.
- Pulsatilla patens subsp. hirsutissima (Pursh) Zämelis . It is used by some authors as a synonym for Pulsatilla patens subsp. multifida calculated. She is the flower of the state of South Dakota .
- Pulsatilla patens subsp. multifida (Pritz.) Zämelis (Syn .: Anemone patens L. var. multifida Pritz. , Anemone wolfgangiana Besser , Anemone patens var. nuttalliana (de Candolle) A. Gray ): It occurs in European Russia, in Siberia, in Far Eastern Asia Russia, Mongolia, Canada and the United States.
- Pulsatilla patens (L.) Mill. Subsp. patens .
proof
- ↑ a b c d Werner Rothmaler : Exkursionsflora von Deutschland Volume 2: Vascular Plants Basic Volume . 15th edition, 1994, ISBN 3-334-60831-X
- ↑ a b Erich Götz: Identify plants with the computer. 2001, ISBN 3-8252-8168-X
- ↑ a b Erich Oberdorfer : Plant-sociological excursion flora for Germany and neighboring areas . 8th edition. Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3131-5 . Page 404-405.
- ↑ [1] , February 29, 2016.
- ^ Bryan E. Dutton, Carl S. Keener & Bruce A. Ford: Anemone Linnaeus. In: Flora of North America. [2] .
Web links
- Pulsatilla patens. In: FloraWeb.de.
- Finger pasque flower . In: BiolFlor, the database of biological-ecological characteristics of the flora of Germany.
- Profile and distribution map for Bavaria . In: Botanical Information Hub of Bavaria .
- Distribution in the northern hemisphere according to: Eric Hultén , Magnus Fries: Atlas of North European vascular plants 1986, ISBN 3-87429-263-0
- Thomas Meyer: Data sheet with identification key and photos at Flora-de: Flora von Deutschland (old name of the website: Flowers in Swabia )