Ukrainian chess flower
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The Ukrainian Chess flower ( Fritillaria ruthenica ) is a plant from the family of the lily family (Liliaceae). It is sometimes used as an ornamental plant. The specific epithet ruthenica refers to the Ruthenian landscape (Latin for Rus ).
description
general characteristics
The Ukrainian chess flower grows as a spring-green, perennial herbaceous plant that reaches heights of 15 to 50 centimeters. An onion serves as a storage and persistence organ . It measures about three centimeters in cross section.
leaves
The Ukrainian chess flower has six to twelve leaves . The lowest leaves are more or less opposite to each other on the stem. They have a long tapering shape, their width varies between three and seven millimeters. The middle and upper leaves can be alternate or whirled.
Inflorescence, flower and fruit
One to three, sometimes five nodding flowers combine to form a loose cluster . Above the flowers there is a spiral bract . The six tepals of the bell-shaped to cup-shaped flowers are colored dark red on the outside. The darker checkerboard pattern is striking. This forms a striking contrast to the yellowish colored inside of the bracts, which is provided with a green central stripe. The six tepals of the hermaphrodite flowers are arranged in two circles of three each. The outer tepals measure up to 30 millimeters in length and eight millimeters in width, the inner tepals can be up to 35 millimeters long and 15 millimeters wide. About four millimeters above the base on the inside of the tepals are 10 to 15 millimeters long, linear nectar glands. Two circles with three ungrown stamens surround an upper, three-chamber ovary . This goes into a rough pencil over. This is three columns. The branches of the style measure about two millimeters. The flowering period extends from April to May.
A winged capsule is formed as the fruit .
Distribution and location
The Ukrainian chess flower is common in southern Russia , the Ukraine , northern Kazakhstan and the southwestern part of western Siberia . She likes to colonize steppe depressions , ravine slopes and stony meadows. Also, river terraces and bushes are among their preferred growing sites.
use
In addition to its natural range, the Ukrainian chess flower is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental plant. It is suitable for planting in borders and in rock gardens, whereby the location should not be too dry during the summer months.
Since July 1, 2012 it has been the official flower emblem of Serpukhov near Moscow .
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literature
- 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. 682 ff .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Helmut Genaust: Etymological dictionary of botanical plant names. 3rd, completely revised and expanded edition. Nikol, Hamburg 2005, ISBN 3-937872-16-7 , p. 548 (reprint from 1996).
- ↑ a b Fritillaria ruthenica . In: Plant Encyclopaedia , Alpine Garden Society. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
- ↑ У Серпухова появится цветочный символ (Russian). In: НовостиМО , July 2, 2014. (archive version)
