Whorled lice herb

Whorled lice herb
	Whorled louse herb ( Pedicularis verticillata )
Systematics
	Asterids
	Euasterids I
Order :	Mint family (Lamiales)
Family :	Summer root family (Orobanchaceae)
Genre :	Lice herbs ( Pedicularis )
Type :	Whorled lice herb
Scientific name
	Pedicularis verticillata
	L.

The whorleaved louse herb ( Pedicularis verticillata ) is a species of the genus lice herbs ( Pedicularis ) within the family of the summer root plants (Orobanchaceae).

description

Stem, leaves, indument and inflorescence

Vegetative characteristics

Whorleaved lice herb is a perennial herbaceous plant and reaches heights of 5 and 20 centimeters. The stem is hairy. Three to four leaves each stand in whorls on the stem. The leaf blade is pinnate and finely serrated.

Generative characteristics

The flowering period extends from June to August. In the terminal inflorescence the flowers are close together. The hermaphrodite flowers are zygomorphic with a double flower envelope . The purple crown is two-lipped. The trimmed, beaked upper lip is 12 to 18 millimeters long.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 12.

Occurrence

The whorleaf louse weed colonizes the limestone mountains from the Pyrenees to the Balkans at altitudes of 900 to 2800 meters. It occurs in the countries Spain, France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, on the Balkan Peninsula, in Romania, Bulgaria, Russia and in the Ukraine.

The whorleaf lice grows best on well-supplied (especially spring moors), mostly calcareous, neutral-mild, humus-rich, stony or pure loam or clay soils . The whorled louse herb is pH-indifferent. It is a character species of the order Seslerietalia albicantis, but also occurs in lower altitudes in societies of the Caricion davallianae association.

ecology

In terms of flower ecology, it is a bumblebee flower .

literature

Xaver Finkenzeller, Jürke Grau: Alpine flowers. Recognize and determine (= Steinbach's natural guide ). Mosaik, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-576-11482-3 .
Manfred A. Fischer, Wolfgang Adler, Karl Oswald: Excursion flora for Austria, Liechtenstein and South Tyrol . 2nd, improved and enlarged edition. State of Upper Austria, Biology Center of the Upper Austrian State Museums, Linz 2005, ISBN 3-85474-140-5 .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Erich Oberdorfer : Plant-sociological excursion flora for Germany and neighboring areas . With the collaboration of Angelika Schwabe and Theo Müller. 8th, heavily revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3131-5 , pp. 860 .
↑ Karol Marhold, 2011: Scrophulariaceae : Datasheet Pedicularis verticillata In: Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.

Web links

Commons : Quirlblättriges Läuserkraut ( Pedicularis verticillata ) - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Pedicularis verticillata L., whorleaved lice herb. In: FloraWeb.de.
Whorled lice herb . 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 .
Pedicularis verticillata L. In: Info Flora , the national data and information center for Swiss flora . Retrieved March 19, 2016.
Thomas Meyer: Lice herb data sheet with identification key and photos at Flora-de: Flora von Deutschland (old name of the website: Flowers in Swabia ).

[Oberdorfer2001-1] Erich Oberdorfer : Plant-sociological excursion flora for Germany and neighboring areas . With the collaboration of Angelika Schwabe and Theo Müller. 8th, heavily revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3131-5 , pp. 860 .

[Euro+Med-2] Karol Marhold, 2011: Scrophulariaceae : Datasheet Pedicularis verticillata In: Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.