Large-flowered dragon head

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Large-flowered dragon head
Large-flowered scorpionfish about 50 kilometers south of the Arctic Circle (in the Akureyri Botanical Garden)

Large-flowered scorpionfish about 50 kilometers south of the Arctic Circle (in the Akureyri Botanical Garden )

Systematics
Family : Mint family (Lamiaceae)
Subfamily : Nepetoideae
Tribe : Mentheae
Sub tribus : Nepetinae
Genre : Scorpionfish ( Dracocephalum )
Type : Large-flowered dragon head
Scientific name
Dracocephalum grandiflorum
L.

The large-flowered scorpionfish ( Dracocephalum grandiflorum ) is a species of scorpionfish ( Dracocephalum ) in the mint family (Lamiaceae).

description

The large-flowered dragon head is a perennial , herbaceous plant that reaches heights of between 15 and 26 centimeters. The blade of the basal leaves is elongated-elliptical, rarely also ovoid. The middle stem leaves are often sessile or almost sessile. Their stem is shorter than 1.2 centimeters. The crown is 30 to 40 millimeters long.

The flowering period extends from July to August.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 14.

distribution

The large-flowered scorpionfish occurs in Central Asia with Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan , in North Asia with Russia and Mongolia as well as in East Asian , northern to northwestern China in the autonomous regions of Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang on grasslands at altitudes of 2200 to 2900 meters.

Systematics

Dracocephalum grandiflorum was in 1753 by Linnaeus in Species Plantarum , Volume 2, page 595 firstdescribed . Synonyms for Dracocephalum grandiflorum L. are Dracocephalum altaicense Laxm. , Dracocephalum turkestanicum Gand. and Ruyschiana grandiflora (L.) House .

use

The large-flowered dragon head is rarely used as an ornamental plant for rock gardens.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Eckehart J. Jäger, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd K. Müller (eds.): Exkursionsflora von Deutschland . 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. 506-507 .
  2. ↑ Dracocephalum grandiflorum at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
  3. ↑ Xi-wen Li & Ian C. Hedge: Lamiaceae Lindley . Dracocephalum . In: Wu Zheng-yi & Peter H. Raven (eds.): Flora of China . Verbenaceae through Solanaceae. tape 17 . Science Press et al. a., Beijing et al. a. 1994, ISBN 0-915279-24-X , Dracocephalum grandiflorum Linnaeus, p. 132 (English, online - text identical to the printed work).
  4. ↑ Carl von Linné: Species Plantarum . tape 2 . Stockholm 1753, p. 595 ( Online - Dracocephalum grandiflorum first description scanned at Biodiversity Heritage Library ).
  5. ↑ Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Dracocephalum grandiflorum. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved January 23, 2012.

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