Styrian cabbage florets
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Styrian cabbage florets ( Nigritella stiriaca ) |
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Nigritella stiriaca | ||||||||||||
( Calc. ) Teppner & E. Klein |
The Styrian cabbage rose ( Nigritella stiriaca ) is a species of orchid that is endemic to the Salzkammergut and the Graz highlands . It is also considered by some authors to be a subspecies of the red cabbage rose and is then called Nigritella rubra subsp. stiriaca (calc.) H.Baumann & R.Lorenz .
description
The inflorescence is cylindrical and a little to significantly longer than wide. The lip becomes 5.5 to 6.5 millimeters long and 3.5 to 4 millimeters wide. 1.5 to 3 millimeters above the ground it is narrowed in the shape of a saddle. The lateral sepals are triangular-ovate and slightly wider than the middle, but significantly wider than the lateral petals . The spur is 1 to 1.3 millimeters long. Reproduction is asexual.
The flowering period extends from June to August.
Distribution and location
This species is endemic in the Salzkammergut and the Grazer Bergland . They are found on alpine limestone grasslands at altitudes between 1,800 and 2,000 meters in the north-eastern limestone Alps .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Karl-Peter Buttler : Orchids . Mosaik Verlag, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-570-04403-3 , page 66.
- ↑ Manfred A. Fischer , Wolfgang Adler, Karl Oswald (arrangement): Exkursionsflora for Austria, Liechtenstein and South Tyrol . 2nd Edition. Upper Austrian State Museums, Linz 2005, ISBN 3-85474-140-5 , p. 1043 .
Web links
- Nigritella stiriaca. (No longer available online.) In: flora-austria.at. Formerly in the original ; accessed on November 12, 2007 (illustration with distribution map). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )
- Detailed description of the plant with pictures
- Gymnadenia stiriaca inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Endangered Species . Posted by: Rankou, H., 2011. Retrieved December 9, 2013.