Moss saxifrage
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Moss saxifrage ( Saxifraga bryoides ) |
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The moss saxifrage ( Saxifraga bryoides L. ; Syn .: Saxifraga aspera . Subsp bryoides (L.) Bonnier & Layens ), also moss-like saxifrage called, is a plant of the genus saxifrage ( Saxifraga ) in the family of the Saxifragaceae (Saxifragaceae). The epipheton is derived from the Greek bryodes for moss-like and refers to growth.
Appearance
The moss saxifrage is a perennial herbaceous plant and grows in flat, dense cushions. Most foliage leaves form a basal, dense, almost spherical rosette with a maximum diameter of 2 centimeters. The leaves are narrowly lanceolate and up to 6 mm long. It is noticeable here that these are clearly bent inwards. They have a spike tip and a ciliate border. The stem leaves are arranged alternately.
The flower stalks are hardly leafed and are about 2 to 10 centimeters high. The petals are egg-shaped up to 6 millimeters long. The color is white with orange-yellow dots.
The flowering period extends from July to August.
The species has chromosome number 2n = 26.
Occurrence
The distribution area includes the Alps , Pyrenees to the Balkans . The moss saxifrage prefers silicate rocks and rubble at altitudes between 2,000 and 4,200 meters (on the Matterhorn ). In Central Europe it is an Androsacion alpinae association character and occurs mainly in the Oxyrietum and Androsacetum alpinae. In the Allgäu Alps, it rises from 1,850 meters above sea level above the Untere Schönisboden-Alpe near Widderstein in Vorarlberg to 2,390 meters above sea level at the summit of the Rothornspitze in Tyrol.
use
In the trade, hybrids of the species Saxifraga arendsii are offered as ground cover, for planting rock gardens, roof gardens or dry stone walls and are also known as moss saxifrage .
literature
- Xaver Finkenzeller: Alpine flowers. ISBN 3-576-11482-3
- Wolfgang Adler, Karl Oswald, Raimund Fischer: Excursion flora of Austria. Ed .: Manfred A. Fischer . Ulmer, Stuttgart / Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-8001-3461-6 .
- Klaus Kaplan in Gustav Hegi : Illustrated flora of Central Europe . Volume IV, Part 2 A, 3rd edition, pages 189-190. Blackwell Wissenschaftsverlag Berlin 1995. ISBN 3-8263-3016-1
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Erich Oberdorfer : Plant-sociological excursion flora for Germany and neighboring areas . 8th edition. Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3131-5 . Page 490.
- ↑ Erhard Dörr, Wolfgang Lippert : Flora of the Allgäu and its surroundings. Volume 1, IHW, Eching 2001, ISBN 3-930167-50-6 , pp. 649-650.
- ↑ https://www.gartenlexikon.de/moossteinbrech/ Moossteinbrech, Saxifraga arendsii - care instructions
Web links
- Saxifraga bryoides. In: FloraWeb.de.
- Moss saxifrage . In: BiolFlor, the database of biological-ecological characteristics of the flora of Germany.
- Profile and distribution map for Bavaria . In: Botanical Information Hub of Bavaria .
- Saxifraga bryoides L. In: Info Flora , the national data and information center for Swiss flora . Retrieved November 1, 2015.
- Thomas Meyer: Data sheet with identification key and photos at Flora-de: Flora von Deutschland (old name of the website: Flowers in Swabia )