Spotted loosestrife

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Spotted loosestrife
Spotted loosestrife

Spotted loosestrife

Systematics
Asterids
Order : Heather-like (Ericales)
Family : Primrose Family (Primulaceae)
Subfamily : Myrsine family (Myrsinoideae)
Genre : Loosestrife ( Lysimachia )
Type : Spotted loosestrife
Scientific name
Lysimachia punctata
L.

The Dotted Loosestrife ( Lysimachia punctata ), also point loosestrife , Goldfelberich or glandular loosestrife called, is a flowering plant in the subfamily of Myrsinengewächse (Myrsinoideae) within the family of Primrose (Primulaceae). It is occasionally grown as an ornamental plant in gardens.

The dotted loosestrife differs from the similar common loosestrife in its hairiness and the different shape of the inflorescence .

description

Illustration from Plantarum indigenarum et exoticarum icones ad vivum coloratae , or collection of pictures of domestic and foreign plants painted from nature, for botany enthusiasts and enthusiasts
Hairy stems and flowers
Section through flower with stamens, ovaries and pistil

Vegetative characteristics

The dotted loosestrife is a perennial herbaceous plant that reaches heights of 50 to 100 centimeters. The plants, which usually grow in groups, have an upright, unbranched stem that is softly hairy.

The three of us up four lively arranged leaves are egg-shaped and dotted with dark glandular hand.

Generative characteristics

The leaves become smaller towards the end of the stem and the flowers sit in groups of three to four in the leaf axils , but not in small stalked panicles as in common loosestrife. This arrangement is also known as a "leafed panicle".

The hermaphroditic flowers are radial symmetry and five-fold with a double flower envelope . The sepals are pure green and not edged reddish. The yellow petals with glandular ciliates are only fused at their base; at the top they are sometimes reddish in color. The flowering period extends over the entire summer.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 30.

Occurrence

The spotted loosestrife is native to Turkey and southern Europe . Since it is completely frost hardy, it is often cultivated in gardens in Central Europe and is often found wild, in Germany for example everywhere except in the extreme northeast. It probably reached its original western boundary before it was released into the wild in Salzburg and Piedmont.

The dotted loosestrife thrives best on moist, nutrient-rich, loamy-clay soils with good humus management in warm summer locations . It grows in very different locations, such as not too shady and damp forest edges, on river banks, in gorse heaths or on roadsides. One finds it in Central Europe especially in societies of the Filipendulion (wet herbaceous vegetation) or Aegopodion podagrariae.

Systematics

The first publication of Lysimachia punctata was in 1753 by Carl von Linné . Synonyms for Lysimachia punctata L. are: Lysimachia verticillaris Spreng. , Lysimachia verticillata Fiori .

From Lysimachia punctata There are two subspecies:

  • Lysimachia punctata L. subsp. punctata
  • Lysimachia punctata subsp. tomentosa (Davidov) Peev (Syn .: Lysimachia punctata var. tomentosa Davidov ): It occurs only in Bulgaria.
The variegated variety 'Alexander'

use

Some varieties are used as ornamental plants in parks and gardens in temperate areas .

Sources and further information

literature

  • Henning Haeupler, Thomas Muer: picture atlas of the fern and flowering plants of Germany . Ed .: Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (=  The fern and flowering plants of Germany . Volume 2 ). Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2000, ISBN 3-8001-3364-4 .
  • Rudolf Schubert , Klaus Werner, Hermann Meusel (eds.): Excursion flora for the areas of the GDR and the FRG . Founded by Werner Rothmaler. 13./14. Edition. tape 2 : vascular plants . People and knowledge, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-06-012539-2 .
  • Dietmar Aichele, Heinz-Werner Schwegler: The flowering plants of Central Europe . 2nd Edition. tape 3 : Evening primrose plants to reddish plants . Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-440-08048-X .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 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. 743 .
  2. ↑ a b c Karol Marhold, 2011: Primulaceae. : Datasheet Lysimachia punctata In: Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Berlin 2011.
  3. ↑ Gordon Cheers (Ed.): Botanica. The ABC of plants. 10,000 species in text and images . Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft, 2003, ISBN 3-8331-1600-5 (therein page 549).

Web links

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