Cliff catchfly
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Cliff catchfly ( Silene uniflora ) |
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The Silene uniflora ( Silene uniflora Roth), also Einblütiges Leimkraut called, is a species of the genus of Silene ( Silene ) in the family of Caryophyllaceae (Caryophyllaceae).
description
The cliff catchfly is a perennial, herbaceous plant that reaches heights of 10 to 20 (40) centimeters. The plant is loose-grassed and gray-green. The leaves are somewhat fleshy and broadly lanceolate. The flowers are up to 2.5 centimeters wide. The calyx is strongly inflated, twenty-veined, glabrous and clearly darker with network veins. The petals are double-columned and white in color, some varieties have pink and double-flowered petals.
The flowering period extends from June to August.
The chromosome number is 2n = 24.
Systematics
The following subspecies are distinguished in Europe:
- Silene uniflora subsp. petraea (Hartm.) Jonsell & HCPrent. : It occurs in Sweden.
- Silene uniflora subsp. thorei (Dufour) Jalas (Syn .: Silene thorei Dufour ), which occurs in northern Spain and western France and has broadly elliptical leaves that are not or barely blue-green
- Silene uniflora subsp. uniflora , which occurs in the rest of the distribution area and has blue-green linear-lanceolate leaves
Occurrence
The cliff catcher occurs on the coasts of Western Europe from the Azores and Spain to Murmansk and in North Africa on beach rocks. The northern Baltic coast is also populated. The distribution is most dense in Iceland , where the species occurs all over the island.
nomenclature
The valid scientific name is Silene uniflora Roth from 1794. More recent synonyms are Silene maritima With. 1796 and Cucubalus littoralis Pers. (1805). The name Cucubalus alpinus Lam is even older . 1786. However, this cannot be combined with Silene alpina (Lam.) E. Thomas 1837, because the name Silene alpina was used by Pallas as early as 1776 for a different species. Other synonyms are Behen alpinus (Lam.) Gușul. , Behenantha uniflora (Roth) Ikonn. , Oberna alpina (Lam.) Ikonn. and Oberna uniflora (Roth) Ikonn.
use
The rock catcher is widely used as an ornamental plant in borders.
literature
- Eckehart J. Jäger, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd K. Müller (eds.): Rothmaler excursion flora from Germany. Volume 5: Herbaceous ornamental and useful plants . Spectrum Academic Publishing House, Berlin Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8 .
- Jaakko Jalas, Juha Suominen: Atlas Florae Europaeae. Distribution of vascular plants in Europe . Volume 7, pages 60-61. Helsinki 1986. ISBN 951-9108-06-8
Individual evidence
- ↑ Karol Marhold, 2011: Caryophyllaceae : Datasheet Silene uniflora In: Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.
