Colorful exuberant flower

Colorful exuberant flower
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Systematics
Order :	Astern-like (Asterales)
Family :	Daisy family (Asteraceae)
Subfamily :	Asteroideae
Tribe :	Anthemideae
Genre :	Ismelia
Type :	Colorful exuberant flower
Scientific name of the genus
	Ismelia
	Cass.
Scientific name of the species
	Ismelia carinata
	( Schousb. ) Sch.Bip.

The multicolored exuberant flower ( Ismelia carinata ), also called keel exuberant flower, is the only plant species of the genus Ismelia in the sunflower family (Asteraceae).

features

The Bunte Wucherblume is an annual plant that reaches heights of 10 to 80, sometimes up to 100 centimeters. The stem is not or only slightly branched. The alternate leaves are stalked or sessile, have a length of 25 to over 50 mm and a width of 15 to over 30 mm.

The basket-shaped inflorescences have a diameter from 4.5 to 10 centimeters and contain 13 to 21 tongue (ray florets) and 80 to about 150 zwittrige florets (disc florets). The bracts are keeled and multi-nerved. The tridentate ray-florets are yellow or reddish, dark or white at the base. They are often tri-colored and their base is pale with a darker zone above. In the upper part they are paler. The five-lobed tubular flowers are black-red or purple.

The flowering period extends from June to September.

The fruit is an achenes without a pappus . The ray-florets develop achenes that are winged triangular in cross-section, while the tubular florets have a laterally flattened cross-section.

Occurrence

Variegated exuberant flower ( Ismelia carinata )

The colorful exuberant flower occurs in Morocco on dunes and fresh, sandy coastal locations. It is planted in many parts of the world and also occurs wild.

use

The colorful exuberant flower is widely used as an ornamental plant for summer flower beds and as a cut flower. This plant species has been in culture since 1796 at the latest. There are numerous varieties (selection):

'North Star': the ray-flowers are white with a light yellow zone.
'Cockade': the ray-flowers are white with a red and yellow zone, the disc-shaped flowers are dark.
'Dunettii': the cups are more or less full, yellow, purple-violet, dark purple, white.

Synonyms

Synonyms of Ismelia carinata (Schousb.) Sch. Gdp. are Chrysanthemum carinatum Schousboe , Chrysanthemum tricolor Andrews , Glebionis carinata (Schousb.) Tzvelev and Ismelia versicolor Cass. nom. superfluum.

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

↑ ^a ^b Werner Greuter (2006+): Compositae (pro parte majore). - In: W. Greuter & E. von Raab-Straube (ed.): Compositae. Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Datasheet Ismelia carinata In: Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.
^ Ismelia carinata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.

Web links

Commons : Bunte Wucherblume ( Glebionis carinata ) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Description in the Flora of North America. (engl.)

[Euro+Med-1] Werner Greuter (2006+): Compositae (pro parte majore). - In: W. Greuter & E. von Raab-Straube (ed.): Compositae. Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Datasheet Ismelia carinata In: Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.

[2] Ismelia carinata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.