Low devil's claw

Low devil's claw
Low Devil's Claw ( Phyteuma humile )
Systematics
Euasterids II Order : Astern-like (Asterales) Family : Bellflower family (Campanulaceae) Subfamily : Campanuloideae Genre : Devil's Claws ( Phyteuma ) Type : Low devil's claw
Scientific name
Phyteuma humile
Creep. ex Murith

The low devil's claw ( Phyteuma humile ), also called low rapunzel , is a species of the devil's claw ( Phyteuma ) within the bellflower family (Campanulaceae).

description

Illustration from Atlas of the Alpine Flora , Plate 299

Herbarium evidence

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Vegetative characteristics

The low devil's claw is a perennial herbaceous plant .

Generative characteristics

The inflorescence has a diameter of 15 to 30 millimeters. The bracts are long pointed from their egg-shaped base and often longer than the head-shaped inflorescence. The dark blue-violet corolla is 10 to 15 millimeters long.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 28.

Occurrence

The low devil's claw occurs in the Pennine West Alps from south-eastern France via Switzerland ( canton Valais ) to northern Italy . It thrives on rocky, rocky, silicate grasslands at altitudes from 1800 to over 2600 meters. It finds its optimum in societies of the sub-association Androsacenion vandellii.

Taxonomy

The first description of Phyteuma humile was made in 1810 by Schleicher in Murith : Le Guide du Botaniste qui voyage dans le Valais: avec un catalog des Plantes de ce pays et de ses environs, auquel on a joint les lieux de naissance et l'époque de la fleuraison pour chaque espèce. Lausanne , p. 84. Synonyms for Phyteuma humile Schleich. ex Murith are: Phyteuma carestiae Biroli , Phyteuma humile var. humillimum A.DC. , Phyteuma linearifolium Biroli ex Colla .

use

The low devil's claw is rarely used as an ornamental plant for rock gardens.

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 , p. 533 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Konrad Lauber, Gerhart Wagner: Flora Helvetica. Flora of Switzerland. Verlag Paul Haupt, Bern, Stuttgart, Vienna, 1996, ISBN 3-258-05405-3 , p. 990.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Phyteuma humile - data sheet at World Checklist of Selected Plant Families of the Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on April 14, 2016.
3. ↑ David Aeschimann, Konrad Lauber, Daniel Martin Moser, Jean-Paul Theurillat: Flora alpina . Volume 2, page 340. Bern, Stuttgart, Vienna Haupt-Verlag, 2004. ISBN 3-258-06600-0

Web links

Commons : Low Devil's Claw ( Phyteuma humile )  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Phyteuma humile Gaudin In: Info Flora , the national data and information center for Swiss flora . Retrieved April 14, 2016.