Ball gorse

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Ball gorse
Ball gorse (Genista radiata)

Ball gorse ( Genista radiata )

Systematics
Order : Fabales (Fabales)
Family : Legumes (Fabaceae)
Subfamily : Butterflies (Faboideae)
Tribe : Genisteae
Genre : Gorse ( genista )
Type : Ball gorse
Scientific name
Genista radiata
( L. ) Scop.

The spherical gorse ( Genista radiata ), also known as ray gorse , is a type of plant from the genus of gorse ( Genista ) within the legume family (Fabaceae).

description

The spherical gorse is a dense, bulky shrub with a typical gorse habit that reaches heights of up to 1 meter. The few against continuously arranged on the branches of deciduous leaves are triple feathered with linealischen leaflets.

The flowering period extends from May to August. A fully grown plant bears numerous golden yellow flowers with a broad, edged flag . The legume is about 5 cm long and has silky hair on the outside.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 60 or 96.

Ball gorse ( Genista radiata )
Genista radiata

Occurrence

The spherical gorse occurs in the southern Alps , in the northern and central Apennines and on the Balkan peninsula in the montane zone. It is often found on dry, stony slopes, together with the Scots pine ( Pinus sylvestris ).

Taxonomy

The first description was made of this kind in 1753 by (L.) in Species Plantarum , 2, p 708 under the Basionym radiatum Spartium . Johann Anton Scopoli placed them in Flora Carniolica , Editio Secunda 2, p. 51 in the genus Genista in 1772 . Homonyms for Genista radiata (L.) Scop. are Genista radiata Friedr. ex C. Presl and Genista radiata DC. Synonyms are Cytisanthus radiatus (L.) O. Lang and Cytisus radiatus W.DJ Koch .

swell

  • Manfred A. Fischer, Wolfgang Adler, Karl Oswald: Excursion flora for Austria, Liechtenstein and South Tyrol . 2nd, improved and enlarged edition. State of Upper Austria, Biology Center of the Upper Austrian State Museums, Linz 2005, ISBN 3-85474-140-5 .
  • Pietro Zángheri: Flora Italica. Volume 1, CEDAM, Padova 1976, p. 288.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Data sheet Uni-Bochum. ( Memento from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Genista radiata at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
  3. ↑ Genista radiata at Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis

further reading

  • Wilfried R. Franz: The occurrence of the ball gorse, Genista radiata (L.) SCOP. [= Cytisanthus radiatus (L.) OF LANG] in plant communities of different altitudes on Lake Weissensee (Carinthia) and in the Julian Alps. In: Carinthia II. Volume 170, Klagenfurt 1980, pp. 451-494 ( PDF (8 MB) on ZOBODAT ).

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