Canary silver herb
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Canary Island Silverweed ( Lobularia canariensis ) |
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The Canary silver herb ( Lobularia canariensis ) is a plant from the genus of silver herbs ( Lobularia ). The Spanish common name is Paniqueso .
description
The Canaries silver herb is a perennial , herbaceous plant . The stem is gray-white, hairy and often woody at the base . The leaves are linear-lanceolate with an entire margin and a blunt tip.
The racemose inflorescence is multi-flowered. The small flowers are four-fold. The sepals are green, sometimes with a black tip. The four pure white petals are entire. The fruits are small, almost round or egg-shaped, flattened pods .
distribution
Five subspecies are common in the Canary Islands , one of them also in southwest Morocco; two subspecies each are endemic to the Cape Verde Islands and the Ilhas Selvagens .
In the Canaries it is very common locally on dry, stony ground at altitudes of up to 1000 meters. It is seldom found on forested cliffs up to 1250 meters, especially in the area around Aguamansa on Tenerife .
In terms of plant sociology, the species belongs to the class of succulent bushes of dry, shallow places (Kleinio neriifolii-euphorbietea canariensis).
Systematics
In addition to the nominotypical taxon Lobularia canariensis ssp. canariensis , which is found on Gran Canaria and Tenerife, also has the following subspecies
- L. c. ssp. fruticosa (Webb) L.Borgen on the Cape Verde Islands
- L. c. ssp. intermedia (Webb) L.Borgen on Tenerife, La Gomera, El Hierro and La Palma
- L. c. ssp. marginata (Webb) L.Borgen on Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, also in southwest Morocco
- L. c. ssp. microsperma L.Borgen on Gran Canaria and Tenerife
- L. c. ssp. palmensis (DC.) L.Borgen on Tenerife and La Palma
- L. c. ssp. rosula-ventii (Svent.) L.Borgen on the Ilhas Selvagens
- L. c. ssp. spathulata (JASchmidt) L.Borgen on the Cape Verde Islands
- L. c. ssp. succulenta L.Borgen on the Ilhas Selvagens
literature
- David Bramwell, Zoë Bramwell: Wild Flowers of the Canary Islands . 2nd Edition. Editorial Rueda SL , Alorcón 2001, ISBN 978-84-7207-129-2 , p. 138 .
- Peter Schönfelder, Ingrid Schönfelder: The Kosmos-Canary Islands flora. Over 1000 species and 60 tropical ornamental trees (= Kosmos nature guide ). 3. Edition. Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-440-12607-3 , p. 92 .
