Orient straw flower

Orient straw flower
	Orient straw flower ( Helichrysum orientale )
Systematics
Order :	Astern-like (Asterales)
Family :	Daisy family (Asteraceae)
Subfamily :	Asteroideae
Tribe :	Gnaphalieae
Genre :	Everlasting flowers ( helichrysum )
Type :	Orient straw flower
Scientific name
	Helichrysum orientale
	( L. ) Gaertn.

The Orient straw flower ( Helichrysum orientale ) is a species of the sunflower family (Asteraceae).

description

The Oriental straw flower is an evergreen subshrub or dwarf shrub that reaches heights of 10 to 60 centimeters. The stem is densely bushy, not glandular and has rosette-shaped short shoots. The leaves measure 25 to 65 × 2 to 14 millimeters and are oblong to inverted-lanceolate. Top and bottom are densely hairy woolly. The shell is 7-10 millimeters wide and hemispherical. The bracts are blunt, bare, loosely like roof tiles and are bright yellow in color, less often golden yellow. The fruits are bare.

The flowering period extends from August to September.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 28.

Occurrence

The oriental straw flower occurs on the Greek islands as well as in western and southwestern Turkey. It occurs naturalized in France as well as on Gran Canaria and Lanzarote. It grows on limestone cliffs, in maquis and pine forests on serpentine to the lowest mountain level.

use

The oriental straw flower is rarely used as an ornamental plant for dry stone walls.

Individual evidence

↑ Peter Schönfelder , Ingrid Schönfelder: The new cosmos Mediterranean flora. Franckh Kosmos Verlag Stuttgart 2008. ISBN 978-3-440-10742-3 . P. 112.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Eckehart J. Jäger, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd K. Müller (eds.): Exkursionsflora von Deutschland . Founded by Werner Rothmaler. tape 5 : Herbaceous ornamental and useful plants . Springer, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Berlin / Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8 .
↑ Helichrysum orientale at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
^ Werner Greuter: Compositae (pro parte majore). - In: Werner Greuter & Eckhard von Raab-Straube (ed.): Compositae. Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. 2006-2009. On-line

[Schönfelder2008-1] Peter Schönfelder , Ingrid Schönfelder: The new cosmos Mediterranean flora. Franckh Kosmos Verlag Stuttgart 2008. ISBN 978-3-440-10742-3 . P. 112.

[Rothmaler5-2] Eckehart J. Jäger, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd K. Müller (eds.): Exkursionsflora von Deutschland . Founded by Werner Rothmaler. tape 5 : Herbaceous ornamental and useful plants . Springer, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Berlin / Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8 .

[IPCN-3] Helichrysum orientale at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis

[EuroMed-4] Werner Greuter: Compositae (pro parte majore). - In: Werner Greuter & Eckhard von Raab-Straube (ed.): Compositae. Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. 2006-2009. On-line