Carinthian Tauernflower
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Carinthian Tauernflower ( Lomatogonium carinthiacum ) |
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The Carinthian Tauernflower or Saumnarbe ( Lomatogonium carinthiacum ) is an annual plant from the gentian family (Gentianaceae) native to the Eastern Alps .
features
The Carinthian Tauernflower is an annual plant and reaches heights of one to twelve centimeters. The mostly somewhat branched, square stem grows upright. The leaves are ovate to lanceolate. The lowest leaves are narrowed into a short petiole, the other leaves are sessile.
The calyx is shorter than the crown , the latter is around 10 mm long and has a diameter of 12 to 16 mm. The color is pale gray-blue to white, often slightly greenish on the outside. Flowering time is August to October. The fruits are many-seeded capsules .
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 40.
Distribution and locations
The Carinthian Tauernblümchen is native to the Alps, the Carpathians and Asia. It occurs in the Eastern Alps in Carinthia, Styria, Salzburg, Tyrol, South Tyrol, in Germany only in the Berchtesgaden area.
It grows in short-grass, gappy pasture lawn, in earthy lawn gaps and in bare lawns. It occurs particularly over intermediate rock in the upper montane to alpine altitude range . It is common locally, but rare otherwise. It occurs primarily in the Elynetum, but also in societies of the Salicion herbaceae or arctic-alpine alluvial banks (Caricion bicolori-atrofuscae).
supporting documents
- Manfred A. Fischer , Karl Oswald, Wolfgang Adler: Excursion flora for Austria, Liechtenstein and South Tyrol. 3rd, improved edition. State of Upper Austria, Biology Center of the Upper Austrian State Museums, Linz 2008, ISBN 978-3-85474-187-9 .
- Siegmund Seybold (Ed.): Schmeil-Fitschen interactive (CD-Rom), Quelle & Meyer, Wiebelsheim 2001/2002, ISBN 3-494-01327-6
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Xaver Finkenzeller, Jürke Grau: Alpenblumen , Mosaik, Munich 1985. ISBN 3-570-01349-9 , p. 184.
- ↑ a b Erich Oberdorfer : Plant-sociological excursion flora for Germany and neighboring areas . With the collaboration of Angelika Schwabe and Theo Müller. 8th, heavily revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3131-5 , pp. 753 .
Web links
- Lomatogonium carinthiacum (Wulf.) Rchb., Carinthian Saumnarbe. In: FloraWeb.de.
- Carinthian Tauernflower . In: BiolFlor, the database of biological-ecological characteristics of the flora of Germany.
- Lomatogonium carinthiacum (Wulfen) Rchb. In: Info Flora , the national data and information center for Swiss flora . Retrieved January 22, 2016.
- Thomas Meyer: Saumnarbe data sheet with identification key and photos at Flora-de: Flora von Deutschland (old name of the website: Flowers in Swabia )