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Red chickweed (Spergularia rubra)

Red chickweed ( Spergularia rubra )

Systematics
Eudicotyledons
Nuclear eudicotyledons
Order : Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family : Carnation family (Caryophyllaceae)
Subfamily : Paronychioideae
Genre : Dandruff
Scientific name
Spergularia
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The Schuppenmieren ( Spergularia ), also called Spärklinge or Spörgel, are a genus of plants within the carnation family (Caryophyllaceae).

description

Vegetative characteristics

The chickweed are annual or perennial herbaceous plants . They often form lawns. The stems are sometimes a little woody at the base, the stems are upright, prostrate or ascending. The above-ground parts of the plant are hairy or bald or glandular. Some species form short, leafy side shoots, so-called leaf tufts, but only ever on one side of the knot .

The leaves are opposite to each other , typical of the family. The stipules are dry-skinned, silvery and paper-like, and fused at the base.

Generative characteristics

The unisexual or hermaphrodite flowers are radial symmetry and five-fold with a double flower envelope . The flower stalks are knocked down after flowering, but straighten up again when the fruit is ripe. The five sepals are free and often have a narrow, white skin edge. The five petals are entire and pink to red, rarely white. There are (one) five to ten stamens . The stamp has three styluses .

The capsule fruit pops open with three flaps. The seeds are pear-shaped to rounded, or lenticular and winged.

ecology

The pollination is effected by insects ( Entomophilie ) or by self-pollination ( Autogamie ).

The two different types of seeds spread differently: The winged seeds are spread by the wind, with the edge of the skin serving as a flying device ( anemochory ). The round seeds have a warty and prickly surface and are distributed as Velcro fruits ( epizoochory ).

Salt chickweed ( Spergularia marina )
Five-fold flowers of the winged chickweed ( Spergularia media )

Systematics

The genus Spergularia belongs to the tribe Polycarpeae in the subfamily Paronychioideae are within the family Caryophyllaceae .

About 17 species occur in Europe. In Central Europe there are hedgehog chickweed ( Spergularia echinosperma ), salt chickweed ( Spergularia marina ), winged chickweed ( Spergularia media ), red chickweed ( Spergularia rubra ) and cereal chickweed ( Spergularia segetalis ).

The genus Schuppenmieren ( Spergularia ) includes about 25 species (selection):

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d e 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 .
  2. a b c Karol Marhold, 2011: Caryophyllaceae. : Datasheet at Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity . Last accessed on September 23, 2014
  3. ^ A b Spergularia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved September 23, 2014.
  4. a b c d e Siegmund Seybold (Ed.): Schmeil-Fitschen interactive (CD-Rom), Quelle & Meyer, Wiebelsheim 2001/2002, ISBN 3-494-01327-6

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