Carnation of Jupiter

Carnation of Jupiter
	Jupiter Carnation ( Lychnis flos-jovis )
Systematics
	Nuclear eudicotyledons
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Carnation family (Caryophyllaceae)
Subfamily :	Caryophylloideae
Genre :	Pechnelken ( Lychnis )
Type :	Carnation of Jupiter
Scientific name
	Lychnis flos-jovis
	( L. ) Desr.

The Jupiter Elke ( Lychnis flos-jovis ) is a species within the family of Caryophyllaceae (Caryophyllaceae).

description

Vegetative characteristics

The Jupiter carnation is a perennial, herbaceous plant that reaches heights of 60 to 80 centimeters. A dwarf form that stays smaller is also known. The above-ground parts of the plant are hairy with thick white felts.

It has basal leaf rosettes . The basal sheets are spatulate to lanceolate and petiolate. The opposite arranged stem leaves are lanceolate to egg-shaped and sessile.

Generative characteristics

The flowering period extends from May to July. The four to ten flowers are arranged in a capitate inflorescence. The short-stalked flowers have a diameter of 15 to 25 millimeters. The calyx is hairy white wool and 11 to 13 millimeters long. The five light purple to carmine-red petals are bilobed, edged and in the crown throat there are two-part scales up to 3 millimeters high. There are five styluses .

The capsule fruit has a short stalk in the calyx and opens with five teeth.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 24.

Occurrence

The Jupiter Carnation is endemic to the southwest and western Alps . To the east it becomes rarer and penetrates into the Lower Engadine and the Adige Valley . Their distribution area is limited to France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy. The Jupiter Carnation occurs from montane to subalpine up to altitudes of 2000 meters. It thrives in warmer locations on loose soils in light forests and bushes as well as on meadows, slopes and rocks. It can be found on both lime and silicate .

use

The Jupiter Carnation is widely used as an ornamental plant in borders and occasionally goes wild. It has been in culture since 1762 at the latest. She is a parent of the hybrid Lychnis × walkeri .

literature

Xaver Finkenzeller, Jürke Grau: Alpine flowers. Recognize and determine (= Steinbach's natural guide ). New edited edition. Mosaik, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-576-10558-1 .
Eckehart J. Jäger, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd K. Müller (eds.): Excursion flora from Germany . 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. 194 .
Hans Simon (Ed.): The free-range ornamental shrubs. Manual and lexicon of garden perennials . Founded by Leo Jelitto, Wilhelm Schacht. 5th completely revised edition. tape 2 : I-Z . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2002, ISBN 3-8001-3265-6 , pp. 594 .

Individual evidence

^ Lychnis flos-jovis at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
↑ Art Info. Accessed January 1, 2020 .
↑ Karol Marhold, 2011: Caryophyllaceae : Datasheet Silene flos-jovis In: Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.

Web links

Commons : Jupiter Carnation ( Lychnis flos-jovis ) - album with pictures, videos and audio files

[IPCN-1] Lychnis flos-jovis at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis

[2] Art Info. Accessed January 1, 2020 .

[Euro+Med-3] Karol Marhold, 2011: Caryophyllaceae : Datasheet Silene flos-jovis In: Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.