Carniolan milkweed

Carniolan milkweed
	Carniolan Spurge ( Euphorbia carniolica ), illustration
Systematics
	Rosids
	Eurosiden I
Order :	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family :	Spurge Family (Euphorbiaceae)
Genre :	Spurge ( Euphorbia )
Type :	Carniolan milkweed
Scientific name
	Euphorbia carniolica
	Jacq.

The Krainer Spurge ( Euphorbia carniolica ) is a species of the genus Spurge ( Euphorbia ) in the family of the Spurge Family (Euphorbiaceae).

description

inflorescence

Vegetative characteristics

The Krainer Wolfsmilch is a milky sap leading, more stalky , perennial herbaceous plant with a woody, creeping "rhizome" that reaches heights of 20 to 40 cm. The alternately arranged, light green leaves are up to 7 centimeters in length, pointed elliptical to lanceolate and the underside is hairy.

Generative characteristics

The flowering period extends from April to June. The top two leaves under the inflorescences are opposite and conspicuously greenish to golden yellow. The entire inflorescence is three to five-rayed. There are apparent flowers with four wide-elliptical, brown yellow glands and loose long-haired mug present, inside which numerous stamens and an outstanding, dreigriffeliger ovary sit. The capsule fruit is warty on the outside.

Similar species

The similar almond-leaved milkweed ( Euphorbia amygdaloides ) can be distinguished by the overgrown uppermost bracts.

Occurrence

Euphorbia carniolica is distributed from northern Italy via eastern Switzerland to South Tyrol eastwards to Hungary and the Ukraine. It is missing in Germany. It is found in deciduous forests and on sunny slopes up to altitudes of 1900 meters.

literature

Gunter Steinbach (Ed.): Alpine flowers (Steinbach's natural guide). Mosaik Verlag GmbH, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-576-10558-1 .

Individual evidence

↑ Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Euphorbia carniolica. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved April 20, 2020.

Web links

Commons : Krainer Wolfsmilch ( Euphorbia carniolica ) - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Euphorbia carniolica Jacq. In: Info Flora , the national data and information center for Swiss flora . Retrieved December 3, 2015.

[WCSP-1] Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Euphorbia carniolica. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved April 20, 2020.