Nathalia rock plate
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The Nathalia rock plate ( Ramonda nathaliae ) is a type of plant from the Gesneriae family (Gesneriaceae).
description
The Nathalia rock plate is an evergreen, perennial , herbaceous plant that reaches heights of 5 to 15 centimeters. The leaves measure 3 to 5 × 1 to 3 centimeters. They are egg-shaped to rounded, more or less truncated at the base and have entire or indistinct notches. The petiole is 1 to 4 inches long.
The shaft is 6 to 8 inches long and hairy glandular-downy. The inflorescence consists of one to three flowers. There are 4 to 6 calyx lobes. The wheel-shaped crown has a diameter of 3 to 3.5 centimeters. The protruding, usually 4, rarely 5 petals are lavender to violet with an orange-yellow center. The anthers are 2.5 to 3 millimeters long, yellow, sometimes tinted blue and dull. The stylus is about 3 millimeters long. The fruit is 9 millimeters long.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 48.
The flowering time is in May.
Occurrence
The species occurs in southern Serbia, Macedonia and northern Greece in shady rock crevices at altitudes of 700 to 1800 meters. Information from northern Albania is uncertain.
use
The Nathalia rock plate is rarely used as an ornamental plant for rock gardens and alpine houses. The species has been in culture since at least 1898.
symbolism
In the style of Remembrance Day , which in Anglo-Saxon countries is represented by a stylized poppy blossom, as a reference to the dead of World War I in the poppy fields of Flanders ( Remembrance Day or Poppy Day ), November 11 in Serbia is marked with a plaque the image of the Nathalia rock plate on a ribbon in the colors of the Albanian medal. This is due to the occurrence of the Nathalia rock plate on the Kajmakčalan summit, which formed a strategic point on the Saloniki front during the occupation of the then Kingdom of Serbia and on which the return of the Serbian soldiers to the of the 1916 in a bloody battle Central Powers occupied territory.
supporting documents
- Eckehart J. Jäger, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd K. Müller (eds.): Excursion flora from Germany . Founded by Werner Rothmaler. tape 5 : Herbaceous ornamental and useful plants . Springer, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Berlin / Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8 , pp. 481 .
- EM Rix, DA Webb: Ramonda . In: TG Tutin, VH Heywood, NA Burges, DM Moore, DH Valentine, SM Walters, DA Webb (eds.): Flora Europaea . Volume 3: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1972, ISBN 0-521-08489-X , pp. 285 (English, limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ a b Vladimir Stevanović, Marjan Niketić, Branka Stevanović: Chorological differentiation of endemo-relic species Ramonda serbica Panč. and R. nathaliae Panč. & Petrov. (Gesneriaceae) on the Balkan Peninsula. In: Botanika Chronika (Patras). Volume 10, 1991, pp. 507-515.
- ↑ Politika, November 10, 2012 Natalijina ramonda - simbol Dana primirja - Nathalia rock plate - symbol of the day of national mourning at the end of the world war
- ^ Official website of the President of the Republic of Serbia, Nov. 8, 2012 dan primirja u prvom svetskom ratu
