Fringed diamond

Fringed diamond
Fringed diamond ( Ruta chalepensis )
Systematics
Order : Sapindales (Sapindales) Family : Rhombus family (Rutaceae) Subfamily : Rutoideae Tribe : Ruteae Genre : Diamonds ( ruta ) Type : Fringed diamond
Scientific name
Ruta chalepensis
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The Ruta Chalepensis ( Ruta chalepensis ) is a plant from the genus of diamonds ( Ruta ) in the family of the Rutaceae (Rutaceae).

description

Bloom in detail

Dried fruit

Vegetative characteristics

The perennial plant with a woody base is bare and aromatic. It reaches heights of growth of 20 to 60 centimeters.

The alternate leaves are bipinnate with oblong, egg-shaped, blunt sections.

Generative characteristics

The flowering period extends from April to July. The loosely paniculate inflorescences are glandless. The heart-shaped, stem-embracing bracts of the flowers are wider than the respective stem section in this species.

Most of the flowers are fourfold. The central flower is often five-fold and thus deviates from the structure of the other flowers. The four (or five) sepals are egg-shaped. The four (or five) non-fused petals are fringed roughly tooth-like on the edge (common name!) And yellow (green). The flower has eight (or ten) stamens .

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 40.

Occurrence

The fringed diamond is widespread throughout the Mediterranean , from the Canary Islands , Cape Verde , Azores and Madeira in the west to the Arabian Peninsula in the east.

Frequent locations are garigues , rock corridors, but also ruderal locations .

literature

• Dankwart Seidel: Flowers on the Mediterranean. Determine accurately with the 3-check . BLV, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-405-16294-7 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ruta chalepensis at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis

Web links

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