Styrian cabbage florets

Styrian cabbage florets
	Styrian cabbage florets ( Nigritella stiriaca )
Systematics
Class :	Bedecktsamer (Magnoliopsida)
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Orchids (orchidaceae)
Genre :	Cabbage florets ( Nigritella )
Type :	Styrian cabbage florets
Scientific name
	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

Commons : Styrian Kohlröschen ( Nigritella stiriaca ) - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

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 )@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / flora-austria.at

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.

[Buttler-1] Karl-Peter Buttler : Orchids . Mosaik Verlag, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-570-04403-3 , page 66.

[2] 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 .