Big wax flower

Big wax flower
	Large wax flower ( Cerinthe major )
Systematics
	Asterids
	Euasterids I
Family :	Boraginaceae (Boraginaceae)
Subfamily :	Boraginoideae
Genre :	Wax flowers ( cerinthe )
Type :	Big wax flower
Scientific name
	Cerinthe major
	L.

The greater wax flower ( Cerinthe major ) is a plant from the genus of wax flowers ( Cerinthe ) in the subfamily of Boraginoideae within the family Boraginaceae (Boraginaceae).

description

inflorescence

Cerinthe major var. Purpurascens

The large wax flower is a blue-green, almost completely bare, annual plant that is 15–60 centimeters high. The lower leaves are spatulate, often spotted white, with fine, bristly ciliate edges. The upper leaves are sessile and the stem is arrow-shaped to heart-shaped. The coiled inflorescence is usually nodding. The bracts in the inflorescence are mostly red-violet colored; they are as long as the chalice or longer. The cylindrical corolla with its straight tube, mostly pointing downwards, has very small, recurved tips. It is yellow, often purple at the base, or completely purple. It is 3 inches long and 5–8 millimeters wide. It is more than twice as long as the calyx with uneven, ciliate tips. The ovary is upper constant with a long and slender projecting stylus . The free stamens with pointed anthers are enclosed and standing together at the tip.

The flowering period is between March and June. Usually two overgrown coves are formed.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 16.

Occurrence

The large wax flower occurs in the Mediterranean region from Morocco to Libya and from Portugal to Greece, Turkey, the area of Israel, Jordan , Lebanon and Syria and in the Crimea . It thrives on cultivated land and wasteland or along roadsides.

Taxonomy

The large wax flower was first described by Carl von Linné with the name Cerinthe major in Sp. Pl .: 136, 1753. Synonyms for the species are Cerinthe aspera Roth , Cerinthe major subsp. purpurascens (Boiss.) Selvi & L.Cecchi and Cerinthe major var. purpurascens Boiss.

use

The variety Cerinthe major 'Purpurascens'

The large wax flower with purple flowers is classified as a variety ( Cerinthe major var. Purpurascens Boiss. ), Subspecies ( Cerinthe major subsp. Purpurascens (Boiss.) Selvi & L.Cecchi ) or at least among the ornamental plants as a variety 'Purpurascens'.

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Peter Schönfelder , Ingrid Schönfelder: The new cosmos Mediterranean flora. Franckh Kosmos Verlag Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-440-10742-3 , p. 138.
↑ Cerinthe major at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
↑ ^a ^b Benito Valdés, 2011: Boraginaceae. : Datasheet Cerinthe major In: Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity .
↑ Walter Erhardt among others: The great pikeperch. Encyclopedia of Plant Names . Volume 2. Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2008. ISBN 978-3-8001-5406-7 . P. 1293.

Web links

Commons : Cerinthe major - collection of images, videos and audio files

Cerinthe major at Malta Wild Plants.
Thomas Meyer, Michael Hassler: Mediterranean and Alpine flora. Datasheet Cerinthe major with photos .

[Schönfelder2008-1] A ^b Peter Schönfelder , Ingrid Schönfelder: The new cosmos Mediterranean flora. Franckh Kosmos Verlag Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-440-10742-3 , p. 138.

[IPCN-2] Cerinthe major at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.

[Euro+Med-3] Benito Valdés, 2011: Boraginaceae. : Datasheet Cerinthe major In: Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity .

[Zander2008-4] Walter Erhardt among others: The great pikeperch. Encyclopedia of Plant Names . Volume 2. Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2008. ISBN 978-3-8001-5406-7 . P. 1293.