Reseda-leaved foam herb

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Reseda-leaved foam herb
Reseda-leaved foam herb (Cardamine resedifolia)

Reseda-leaved foam herb ( Cardamine resedifolia )

Systematics
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Order : Cruciferous (Brassicales)
Family : Cruciferous vegetables (Brassicaceae)
Tribe : Cardamineae
Genre : Foam Herbs ( Cardamine )
Type : Reseda-leaved foam herb
Scientific name
Cardamine resedifolia
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The Resedablättrige Schaumkraut or Reseda Cuckooflower ( Cardamine resedifolia ) is a plant from the genus of the foam herbs ( Cardamine ) within the family of the Brassicaceae (Brassicaceae).

description

Illustration from Atlas of Alpine Flora

Vegetative characteristics

Reseda-leaved foam herb is a perennial , herbaceous plant that reaches heights of about 2 to 15 centimeters. The basal leaves are arranged in rosettes, with the older leaves undivided and the younger leaves in three parts. The pinnate stem leaves consist of two to three pairs of linear-lanceolate sections. The petiole is eyed at the base.

Generative characteristics

The flowering period extends from March to August. The hermaphrodite flowers are fourfold. The four white, free petals are 4 to 6 millimeters long.

The pods are 12 to 22 millimeters long.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 16.

Occurrence

Reseda-leaved foam herb is widespread in southern, south-eastern and central Europe. The distribution area extends from Spain to the Balkans and includes the Carpathian Mountains , the Sudetes and the Bohemian Forest . It is common in the Central Alps and rare in the Northern Limestone Alps. In the Allgäu Alps , it rises in Vorarlberg at the summit of the Elferkopf to an altitude of 2384 meters.

This lime- avoiding plant species thrives in stone rubble corridors on the alpine and subalpine elevations , snow valleys and damp rocks. She's Association characteristic species of Androsacion-alpinae-dressing, but comes in also in association Androsacion-vandellii silicate rock crevices before.

literature

  • 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 .
  • Oskar Angerer, Thomas Muer: Alpine plants (=  Ulm nature guide ). Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2004, ISBN 3-8001-3374-1 .

Individual evidence

  1. a b Erich Oberdorfer : Plant-sociological excursion flora for Germany and neighboring areas. 8th edition. Page 461. Stuttgart, Verlag Eugen Ulmer, 2001. ISBN 3-8001-3131-5
  2. Erhard Dörr, Wolfgang Lippert : Flora of the Allgäu and its surroundings. Volume 1, IHW, Eching 2001, ISBN 3-930167-50-6 , pp. 586-587.

Web links

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