Helleborus vesicarius
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Helleborus vesicarius is a species of the hellebore genus(Helleborus).
description
The stem is bare and reaches a length of 60 centimeters or more. The lower leaves are petiolate. Their outer sections are lanceolate to narrowly elliptical and toothed at the tip. The stem leaves are shaped similarly, but mostly smaller. They are often seated or almost seated; if they are petiolate, the leaf blade is sloping. The bracts are similar to the upper leaves. The sepals are 16 to 18 millimeters in size and green to greenish yellow. The follicles are 50 to 70 × 25 to 32 millimeters in size, flattened and fused together in the middle. The 3 to 6 seeds are 5 to 6 millimeters in size.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 32.
Occurrence
The species is an east-Mediterranean floral element. It occurs in Mesopotamia and in the Amanus .
literature
- PH Davis, J. Cullen: Helleborus . In: PH Davis (editor): Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands . Volume One, Edinburgh 1965
Individual evidence
- ↑ Helleborus vesicarius at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis