Centaury heady

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Centaury heady
Systematics
Asterids
Euasterids I
Order : Enzianartige (Gentianales)
Family : Gentian Family (Gentianaceae)
Genre : Centaury ( Centaurium )
Type : Centaury heady
Scientific name
Centaurium capitatum
( Willd. ) Borbás

The Kopfige centaury ( Centaurium capitatum , synonym : Erythraea capitata ... Willd ex Roem & Schult ) is the smallest home in Germany Art in the genus of Tausendgüldenkräuter . Sometimes it is also described as a subspecies ( Centaurium erythraea ssp. Capitatum ) or as a variety ( Centaurium erythraea var. Capitatum (Willd.) Melderis ) of the common centaury .

description

The annual plant is a maximum of 8 cm high, the base leaves form a small rosette. The entire stem-leaves are cross-opposite . The pink-colored, dense-headed inflorescence forms an umbel . The main flowering period is from July to August. The five-part and only a few millimeters large individual flowers of the sun-loving plant only open when the sun is shining.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 40.

Occurrence

The strictly protected head centaury is only found in Central and Northern Europe. In Germany it can be found almost exclusively and only inconsistently in calcareous dune grass in the coastal area of ​​the North Sea. It's very rare. It occurs in Germany in societies of the Koelerion albescentis or the Mesobromion.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Erich Oberdorfer : Plant-sociological excursion flora. Ulmer, Stuttgart, 1994. 7th edition ISBN 3-8252-1828-7
  2. ↑ 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.  752 .

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