Shrubby stone seed
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Shrubby stone seeds ( Lithodora fruticosa ) |
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The Shrubby gromwell ( Lithodora fruticosa ) is a plant of the genus Lithodora in the subfamily of Boraginoideae within the family Boraginaceae (Boraginaceae).
description
Vegetative characteristics
The shrubby stone seed is a low, loosely branched shrub that reaches heights of 20 to 100 centimeters. The narrow foliage leaves are linear-elongated, sessile, round-pointed, the younger ones are pressed down with white bristles, the older ones are white-felted underneath with a rolled edge and on the upper side with protruding bristle hairs sitting on humps.
Generative characteristics
The flowering period is between March and June. The hermaphrodite flowers are five-fold with a double flower envelope . The almost completely divided calyx with narrow tips is bristly. The purple-violet or blue corolla has no scales or folds on the inside, is salver-shaped, 12 to 18 millimeters long, with a bald throat and is sometimes sparsely bristly on the outside of the lobed hem. The enclosed stamens are all inserted at the same level.
The one or two nuts ( Klausen ) are whitish, striped and warty.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 35, 38 or 40.
Occurrence
The shrubby stone seed is found in Morocco , Algeria , Spain and France. It thrives in the garigue and in sparse forests.
Taxonomy
The first publication took place in 1753 under the name ( Basionym ) Lithospermum fruticosum by Carl von Linné in Species Plantarum , page 133. The new combination to Lithodora fruticosa (L.) Griseb. was published in 1846 by August Grisebach in Spicilegium florae rumelicae et bithynicae ... 2, page 531 by placing this species in the newly established genus Lithodora . Further synonyms for Lithodora fruticosa (L.) Griseb. are: Lithospermum consobrinum Pomel , Lithodora consobrina (Pomel) IMJohnst.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Peter Schönfelder , Ingrid Schönfelder: The new cosmos Mediterranean flora. Franckh Kosmos Verlag Stuttgart 2008. ISBN 978-3-440-10742-3 . P. 142.
- ↑ Lithodora fruticosa at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
- ↑ a b Benito Valdés, 2011: Boraginaceae. : Datasheet Lithodora fruticosa In: Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity .
- ↑ Lithodora fruticosa at Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, accessed July 27, 2020.
Web links
- Lithodora fruticosa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
- Thomas Meyer, Michael Hassler: Mediterranean and Alpine flora. Datasheet Lithodora fruticosa with photos.