Spider flower
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The spider flower or spider plant ( Tarenaya hassleriana (Chodat) HHIltis , Syn .: Cleome hassleriana Chodat , Cleome spinosa hort. Non Jacq. , Cleome pungens Willd. , Cleome gigantea hort. Non L. ) is a plant within the family of cleomaceae that horticultural mostly for the uncultivated Tarenaya spinosa . The trivial names are derived from the long, protruding stamens, which are reminiscent of spider legs. The home is South America .
description
Vegetative characteristics
Tarenaya hassleriana is a perennial herbaceous plant that is cultivated as an annual plant and usually reaches heights of 80 to 100, rarely up to 150 centimeters. The plants develop basal several straight, slightly spined stems .
Generative characteristics
The flowering period extends from July to October. Many flowers stand together in terminal racemose inflorescences . The flowers are hermaphroditic. The flower colors of the varieties range from white to pink to red.
Occurrence
The distribution area is in South America in Bolivia , Paraguay , Brazil and Argentina . However, it occurs in the United States, Mexico and the Caribbean islands as a neophyte .
Systematics
The systematics of this family group is controversial. The great genus Cleome s. l. has been split into small genera since 2008, which partly has advantages due to its heterogeneity, partly leads to some very similar genera indistinguishable for laypeople, which is why it is widespread in the large genus Cleome s. l. is held. The genus Tarenaya Raf. consists of 33 species, including Tarenaya hassleriana and Tarenaya spinosa .
use
The varieties of the spider flower thrive as ornamental plants best in full sun on warm, water-permeable soils . They can be planted individually in sheltered locations, and in groups in places where there is a risk of wind.
sorts
There are several varieties that differ in their flower colors. In addition to Tarenaya hassleriana , Cleoserrata (Cleome) speciosa , which differs in the absence of stipular thorns (generic feature of this most primitive Cleomacea genus), but otherwise largely resembles Tarenaya hassleriana , is apparently cultivated more frequently . The variety 'Inncleosr', better known under the trademark 'SENORITA ROSALITA', also belongs to the genus Cleoserrata . Since it is sterile, the short stamens, which are not typical for the family, can also be a breeding-related degeneration. It is a hybrid of Cleome speciosa . This variety was named Bavarian Balcony Plant of the Year 2008 under the trademark 'FESCHE FANNY' .
literature
- Robert Zander : Zander concise dictionary of plant names. Edited by Fritz Encke , Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold . 15th edition, corrected reprint of the 14th edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-8001-5072-7 .
- Christian Grunert: Garden flowers from A to Z. 6th edition. Neumann Verlag, Radebeul 1984.
- Willy Seyfert: Summer flowers. 2nd Edition. Deutscher Landwirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1977.
- HH Iltis, TS Cochrane: Studies in the Cleomaceae V: A new genus and ten new combinations for the flora of North America. In: Novon Volume 17, 2007, pp. 447-451.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tarenaya hassleriana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
- ↑ Cleome 'Inncleosr' SENORITA ROSALITA Online .
- ^ Baptism of the Bavarian balcony plant of the year 2008 . Fesche Fanny, the fine spider flower . ( Online ).
