Ordinary sun bride
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The common sun bride ( Helenium autumnale ) is a species of the sunflower family (Asteraceae).
description
The common sun bride is a perennial herbaceous plant that forms a short rhizome and reaches heights of 50 to 170 centimeters. The stem is winged. The leaves are sessile, lanceolate, with distant ears or with entire margins and descending on the stem. The numerous heads are arranged in a panicle with a diameter of 5 centimeters. The ray-flowers are wedge-shaped and 3-toothed (up to 5-toothed). The disc is hemispherical to spherical and dirty yellow.
The flowering period extends from July to September, rarely begins in June.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 34.
Occurrence
The common sun bride is widespread in Canada, the United States, and northern Mexico on marsh meadows and lake shores. In England she is a neophyte.
use
The common sun bride is rarely used as an ornamental plant for borders or as a cut flower . It has been in culture since 1635 at the latest.
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 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Helenium autumnale at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
- ^ A b Helenium in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
