Sempervivum armenum
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Sempervivum armenum is a species of houseleek ( Sempervivum ) in the thick-leaf family(Crassulaceae).
description
Vegetative characteristics
Sempervivum armenum grows as a rosette plant with a diameter of 2 to 6 centimeters and forms only a few runners . The ovate-lanceolate to spatulate, bare leaves are green and have a dark purple tip. Young leaves are covered with a few scattered hairs that are strongly ciliate like a comb. The leaf blade is 10 to 30 millimeters long.
Generative characteristics
The flower shoots reach a length of 6 to 8 centimeters. It has glandular, downy-haired leaves. The 12 to 14-fold flowers have a diameter of 1.5 to 2 centimeters. Their sepals are pointed. The light yellow to greenish petals are a little purple near their base. The anthers are yellow, the stylus partially downy and upright Nektarschüppchen almost square. The follicles are completely downy-haired.
genetics
The number of chromosomes is .
Systematics and distribution
Sempervivum armenum is common in Turkey .
The first description by Pierre Edmond Boissier and Alfred Huet du Pavillon was published in 1856.
A distinction is made between the following varieties :
- Sempervivum armenum var. Armenum
- Sempervivum armenum var. Insigne Muirhead
proof
literature
- Henk 't Hart, Bert Bleij, Ben Zonneveld: Sempervivum armenum . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Crassulaceae (thick leaf family) . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-8001-3998-7 , pp. 350 .
Individual evidence
Web links
- Photos of Sempervivum armenum