Paper button
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Paper button ( Ammobium alatum ) |
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The paper knobs or immortelle ( Ammobium alatum ) is a plant from the family of the daisy family (Asteraceae).
features
The paper button grows in its homeland as a perennial herbaceous plant . In Central Europe, however, it is cultivated as an annual summer flower. The species reaches heights of growth of around 50 cm. It forms a rosette with curved basal leaves. A winged stem with multiple branches is formed during the flowering period . The terminal yellowish tubular flowers soon turn black and are surrounded by a wreath of white, paper-like bracts.
The flowering period is from July to September.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 26.
Occurrence
The paper button is native to New South Wales (Australia).
use
The plant was introduced to England as a dried flower in 1822 and to Germany a short time later. The Lower Sorbian popular name jeleńecy rog (meaning deer antlers ) refers to the branched flower stalks and can be traced back to this plant.
literature
- Christian Grunert: Garden flowers from A to Z , Neumann Verlag Radebeul, 6th edition 1984
- Heinz-Dieter Krausch: Kaiserkron and Peonies red ... , Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-423-34412-8
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ammobium alatum at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
