White sedum plant
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The Sedum album ( Sedum album ), and White Stonecrop called, is a species of the genus Sedum (Sedum) in the family of the Crassulaceae (Crassulaceae). This species is very rich in shape.
description
The white sedum plant is a hibernating green, lawn-forming Chamaephyte that reaches heights of growth of 8 to 20 centimeters. The stems are bare, and many do not bloom. The alternate leaves are 7 to 20 millimeters long, semi-stemmed, arched on both sides, elongated-lanceolate and protruding. Their color ranges from gray-green to red-brown.
The hermaphroditic flowers are radial symmetry . The usually five petals are 2 to 4 millimeters long, blunt and white to pale pink in color with a red central nerve.
The flowering period extends from June to September.
The species has chromosome numbers 2n = 32 or 64.
Occurrence
The white sedum plant occurs in southern and central Europe , southern Scandinavia , Turkey and Armenia, also in the Caucasus, in northwest Africa in dry rock crevices, on rocky and gravel corridors and on sandy and stony ruderal places . It is also often overgrown from culture. It is an order character of the rock grass and rock band societies, the Sedo-Scleranthetalia, but also occurs in societies of the classes Asplenietea trichomanis or Festuco-Brometea. In the Allgäu Alps, it rises to around 1800 meters above sea level.
Taxonomy
The scientific name Sedum album was first published in 1753 by Carl von Linné in Species Plantarum .
Food plant
The white sedum plant is used as a caterpillar forage plant for various butterflies . These include in particular the following ways: Scolitantides Orion ( Scolitantides Orion ) and Red Apollo ( Parnassius apollo ). The white sedum plant was also eaten by humans during times of starvation. The above-ground parts without the roots are conditionally suitable for consumption; they are slightly toxic and can cause vomiting.
use
The white sedum plant is widely used as an ornamental plant in rock gardens , borders, planters and heather beds.
There are several types (selection):
- 'Murale': the leaves are brownish red
- 'Coral Carpet': the leaves are green in summer and bronze-red in winter
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literature
- Siegmund Seybold : Flora of Germany and neighboring countries. A book for identifying vascular plants that grow wild and often cultivated . Founded by Otto Schmeil , Jost Fitschen . 93rd completely revised and expanded edition. Quelle & Meyer, Wiebelsheim 2006, ISBN 3-494-01413-2 .
- 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 .
- Wolfgang Lippert : Crassulaceae . In Heinrich Egon Weber (Ed.): Illustrated flora of Central Europe . Founded by Gustav Hegi. 3rd, completely revised and enlarged edition. Volume IV. Part 2A: Spermatophyta: Angiospermae: Dicotyledones 2 (2) (Hamamelidaceae - Rosaceae 1st part) . Blackwell, Berlin a. a. 1995, ISBN 3-8263-3016-1 , pp. 115-117 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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. 483 .
- ↑ Erhard Dörr, Wolfgang Lippert : Flora of the Allgäu and its surroundings. Volume 1, IHW, Eching 2001, ISBN 3-930167-50-6 , p. 644.
- ↑ Carl von Linné: Species Plantarum. Volume 1, Lars Salvius, Stockholm 1753, p. 432 ( digitized version ).
- ^ Günter Ebert (Ed.): The butterflies of Baden-Württemberg. Volume 10, supplementary volume. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4383-6 .
- ↑ Detlev Henschel: Edible wild berries and plants . Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-440-09154-6 , pp. 24 .
Web links
- White sedum plant. In: FloraWeb.de.
- White sedum plant . 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 .
- Sedum album L. In: Info Flora , the national data and information center for Swiss flora .
- Distribution in the northern hemisphere from: Eric Hultén, Magnus Fries: Atlas of North European vascular plants. 1986, ISBN 3-87429-263-0 at Den virtuella floran. (swed.)
- Thomas Meyer: Data sheet with identification key and photos at Flora-de: Flora von Deutschland (old name of the website: Flowers in Swabia )
