Garden everlasting flower
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The Garden Strohblume ( Xerochrysum bracteatum (Vent.) Tzvelev , Syn. Helichrysum bracteatum (Vent.) Andrews , Bracteantha bracteata (Vent.) Anderb. & Haegi is) a plant belonging to the family of the daisy family (Asteraceae), originally from Australia originates.
description
The garden straw flower is an annual plant that reaches heights of (15) 40 to 100 centimeters. The leaves measure 3 to 12 × 0.3 to 3 centimeters and are pointed, green, glabrous or slightly hairy on both sides and glandular-sticky on the underside. The heads are individually terminal on long branches. They are 1.5 to 5.5 centimeters in diameter. Bracts and flowers of the wild form are golden yellow, varieties can also be orange, red, purple, pink or white.
The flowering period extends from July to September.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 28.
The wild plant in Australia is an upright, usually annual plant that reaches about 20 to 80 centimeters in height. The stem is mostly unbranched, rarely branched at the base, it is rough due to hairiness and also has short glandular hairs. The leaf shape is oblanceolate , narrowly elliptical to lanceolate, about 1.5 to 10 centimeters long and 5 to 20 millimeters wide and, especially at the edges, hirsute. The head-shaped, terminal inflorescence is surrounded by an irregular bract, its stem is up to 15 centimeters long. The flower heads reach 2.5 to 3 centimeters in diameter, they are surrounded by straw-paper-like bracts , which are initially spreading, later turned back, these are bright yellow to whitish in color, the outer ones are often red-striped. The flowers are also yellow. The fruits are square and about 3.5 millimeters long, their pappus is yellow, rarely whitish in color, the pappus hairs are short pinnate. It blooms here in spring.
sorts
- Garden everlasting flowers from the nutrition and herb center in the St. Marienstern monastery
origin
The garden straw flower grows wild in its country of origin, Australia, in open to closed forests, on sandy to loamy-sandy soil, it is considered common. The species came to Europe in the last quarter of the 18th century. It received its first botanical name in 1803 from the French botanist and librarian Etienne Pierre Ventenat. He recorded the plants that Joséphine de Beauharnais , Napoleon's first wife, grew in her garden in Malmaison Castle . In 1808 garden straw flowers were grown in the Berlin Botanical Garden . It adorned the gardens of Germany around the middle of the 19th century.
maintenance
In Australia the garden strawflower is annual, biennial or perennial. In Europe, potted plants can be overwintered in a bright, cool place. The plant is undemanding, it needs a well-drained soil. The plant is called "golden everlasting" in Australia and "paper daisy" in England. Flowers for dry bouquets or arrangements must be cut before the flower heads are fully open. Then they should be hung upside down in an airy dark room for some time to keep the color.
use
The garden straw flower is widely used as an ornamental plant for summer flower beds, as well as cut flowers and dry bouquets. It is also grown in the field and attracts numerous insects during flowering. There are several types (selection):
- 'Monstrosum': The heads are different colors and have a diameter of up to 8 centimeters.
- 'Nanum': The variety reaches stature heights of only 30 to 50 centimeters.
- 'Princess of Wales': golden yellow
The 'Strohmuckl' variety was named Bavarian Balcony Plant of the Year 2005.
supporting documents
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 .
- Bayer Ehrentraud: August plant: the straw flower (Xerochrysum bracteatum) Old-fashioned beauty back in fashion. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung from August 17, 2014.
- Randall J. Bayer (2001): Xerochrysum Tzvelev, a pre-existing generic name for Bracteantha Anderb. & Haegi (Asteraceae: Gnaphalieae). Kew Bulletin Vol. 56/4, 1013-1015.
Individual evidence
- ^ Erich Oberdorfer : Plant-sociological excursion flora for Germany and neighboring areas . With the collaboration of Angelika Schwabe and Theo Müller. 8th, heavily revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3131-5 , pp. 920 .
- ^ A b Gwen J. Harden: Flora of New South Wales, Volume 3. UNSW Press, 1990. ISBN 978-0-86840-172-0 on p. 236 online at Google Books
- ↑ "Strohmuckl" - the smart straw flower . ( Online ).
Web links
- Thomas Meyer: Straw flower data sheet with identification key and photos at Flora-de: Flora von Deutschland (old name of the website: Flowers in Swabia )
- Xerochrysum bracteatum from New South Wales flora online , accessed October 15, 2015
