Marsh yarrow

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Marsh yarrow
Marsh yarrow (Achillea ptarmica)

Marsh yarrow ( Achillea ptarmica )

Systematics
Order : Astern-like (Asterales)
Family : Daisy family (Asteraceae)
Subfamily : Asteroideae
Tribe : Anthemideae
Genre : Yarrow ( Achillea )
Type : Marsh yarrow
Scientific name
Achillea ptarmica
L.

The swamp yarrow or Bertram yarrow ( Achillea ptarmica ) is a species of the genus of the yarrow ( Achillea ) in the subfamily of the Asteroideae within the family of the daisy family (Asteraceae).

description

The marsh yarrow is a perennial herbaceous plant that reaches heights of between 15 and 150 cm, but usually around 40 cm. In contrast to most other yarrow species, their linear-lanceolate leaves are undivided and only finely sawn.

inflorescence

The cups of the total inflorescences are quite large with 12 to 17 mm for the genus. The ray and tubular florets sit together in a cup-shaped inflorescence. The tubular flowers are gray with yellow anthers . The 8 to 13 ray-florets are white and their tongues are 4 to 6 mm long. The flowering period extends from July to September.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 18.

Marsh yarrow ( Achillea ptarmica )

Occurrence

It occurs in the temperate zones of Eurasia . It is missing in the Alps . It rises in the Black Forest on the Feldberg up to 1200 m. The swamp yarrow likes to grow in waterlogged meadows , for example on roadsides or in ditches along rivers and streams. It thrives on nutrient-rich, preferably low-lime, neutral to moderately acidic, musty-humic clay soils or on peat. It is a changeable wetness and gley bottom pointer. She is a species of character of the order Molinietalia.

ecology

It is deep-rooted, a light plant and is pollinated by flies and bees.

use

The swamp yarrow is suitable as an ornamental plant for gardens, whereby in this case mainly varieties with filled baskets are used, in which the tubular flowers are transformed into ray flowers.

Common names

Exist or for Marsh Yarrow were also often only regionally common names Wilder Bertram , German Bertram , Spitziger Bertram , fleabane ( Silesia ), Dorant ( Thuringia ), White Dorant , Wilder Dorant (Silesia), Felddrajun , Henperchnöpfli ( Appenzell ) , Niesekraut (Silesia), Niesskraut ( Switzerland , Alsace ), Witten Orant ( Altmark ) Pertram , White Reinfarrn , silver knobs (filled) ( Pomerania ), White Torant ( Lausitz ), Torant (Sommerfeld) Wiesendragun and wild tansy .

Danger

Since this species is widespread, it is listed by the IUCN as ( Least Concern ) Low Endangered.

literature

  • Henning Haeupler , Thomas Muer: picture atlas of the fern and flowering plants of Germany (= the fern and flowering plants of Germany. Volume 2). Published by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-8001-3364-4 .
  • Werner Rothmaler: Excursion flora for the areas of the GDR and the FRG . Volume 2: Vascular Plants, 14th Edition. People and knowledge, Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-06-012539-2
  • Otto Schmeil , Jost Fitschen, Werner Rauh: Flora of Germany and its adjacent areas . 84th edition. Quelle & Meyer, Heidelberg 1968.
  • Urania plant kingdom . Volume 3: Flowering Plants 1 , 1st edition. Urania-Verlag, Leipzig 1991, ISBN 3-332-00367-4 .
  • Urania plant kingdom . Volume 4: Flowering Plants 2 , 1st edition. Urania-Verlag, Leipzig 1994, ISBN 3-332-00497-2 .
  • Ruprecht Düll , Herfried Kutzelnigg : Pocket dictionary of plants in Germany and neighboring countries. The most common Central European species in portrait . 7th, corrected and enlarged edition. Quelle & Meyer, Wiebelsheim 2011, ISBN 978-3-494-01424-1 . (Usage section)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Erich Oberdorfer : Plant-sociological excursion flora for Germany and neighboring areas . With the collaboration of Angelika Schwabe and Theo Müller. 8th, heavily revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3131-5 , pp. 934 .
  2. ↑ O. Sebald et al .: The fern and flowering plants of Baden-Württemberg . Volume 6, page 149. ISBN 3-8001-3343-1
  3. ^ Carl Jessen , The German Folk Names of Plants , Verlag von Philipp Cohen Hannover 1882, page 8
  4. ↑ Achillea ptarmica in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Bilz, M., 2012. Retrieved May 14, 2014.

Web links

Commons : Marsh Yarrow  - Album containing pictures, videos and audio files