Cretan dog's tongue

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Cretan dog's tongue
Cretan dog's tongue (Cynoglossum creticum)

Cretan dog's tongue ( Cynoglossum creticum )

Systematics
Euasterids I
Family : Boraginaceae (Boraginaceae)
Subfamily : Boraginoideae
Tribe : Cynoglosseae
Genre : Dog tongues ( Cynoglossum )
Type : Cretan dog's tongue
Scientific name
Cynoglossum creticum
Mill.

The Cretan dog's tongue ( Cynoglossum creticum ) is a type of plant from the genus of the dog's tongue ( Cynoglossum ) and thus the family of the predatory plants (Boraginaceae).

features

Flowers and fruit
inflorescence

The Cretan dog's tongue is a biennial, 20–80 cm high plant. In the first year of growth, only a rosette of lanceolate, dense, soft and hairy leaves is formed. In the second year the inflorescence appears . The leaves are sessile in the upper part of the stem, encompassing half of the stem and often without distinct lateral nerves. The short-stalked flowers appear in bractless coils , they are initially pink, later pale blue with strikingly dark nerves. The corolla of the flowers is 7–9 mm long, the blunt, five-lobed, bald border is about as long as the tube. The fruits are convex nuts, 5–7 mm wide, densely covered with barbed spines, without a thickened edge.

The Cretan dog's tongue blooms from April to July.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 24, less often 48.

distribution

The Cretan dog's tongue is originally found in the Azores, the Canaries and Madeira, in North Africa, in Southern Europe and Eastern Europe, in Switzerland, in the Middle East and in the Caucasus. In Australia, Argentina and Chile it is a neophyte. It grows on wasteland, along roadsides, in pine forests and on open grassy areas.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Peter Schönfelder , Ingrid Schönfelder: The new cosmos Mediterranean flora. Franckh Kosmos Verlag Stuttgart 2008. ISBN 978-3-440-10742-3 . P. 140.
  2. ↑ Cynoglossum creticum at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
  3. ^ Cynoglossum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved July 18, 2020.

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