Long-leaved card thistle

Long-leaved card thistle
Long-leaved card thistle ( Morina longifolia )
Systematics
Euasterids II Order : Cardigans (Dipsacales) Family : Honeysuckle Family (Caprifoliaceae) Subfamily : Morinoideae Genre : Card thistles ( Morina ) Type : Long-leaved card thistle
Scientific name
Morina longifolia
Wall. ex DC.

The Langblättrige carding thistle ( Morina longifolia ) is a plant from the genus of the carding thistles ( Morina ) in the subfamily Morinoideae within the family Caprifoliaceae (Caprifoliaceae).

description

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Vegetative characteristics

The long-leaved card thistle is a perennial , herbaceous plant that reaches heights of 50 to 100 centimeters. The leaves are thistle-like, the leaf margins are thorny.

Generative characteristics

The flowering period extends from June to August. The bracts are broadly ovate, pointed and covered with thorns on the edge . The hermaphroditic flowers have a double flower envelope . The calyx is bilobed. The outer calyx rim has two longer and several shorter thorns. The chalice has five columns. At first it is white and later reddish in color.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 34, less often 16.

Occurrence

The distribution area of the long-leaved cardendistel is the Himalaya region with southern Tibet , Bhutan , India , Nepal and Pakistan . It inhabits alpine meadows and forest clearings at altitudes of 3,000 to 4,300 meters.

use

The long-leaved card thistle is rarely used as an ornamental plant for rock gardens. The species has been in culture since 1839 at the latest.

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literature

• Eckehart J. Jäger, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd K. Müller (eds.): Rothmaler excursion flora from Germany. Volume 5: Herbaceous ornamental and useful plants. Spectrum Academic Publishing House, Berlin Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Deyuan Hong, Fred R. Barrie: Morinaceae. In: Wu Zheng-yi, Peter H. Raven, Deyuan Hong (Eds.): Flora of China . Volume 19: Cucurbitaceae through Valerianaceae, with Annonaceae and Berberidaceae . Science Press / Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing / St. Louis 2011, ISBN 978-1-935641-04-9 , pp. 652 (English). Morina longifolia - online with the same text as the printed work (sections description, distribution and systematics)
2. ^ Morina longifolia at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis

Web links

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